BPSD Patterns in Patients With Severe Neuropsychiatric Disturbances: Insight From the RECAGE Study

•What is the primary question addressed by this study?Do patients with severe behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia show specific neuropsychiatric patterns on symptoms depending on etiology?•What is the main finding of this study?Patients with Lewy body dementia / Parkinson's disease dementia (LBD/PD) displayed more hallucinations, more delusion and more anxiety than patients with cognitive impairment of other origin while patients with frontotemporal dementia showed more disinhibition and less delusion.•What is the meaning of the finding?Different profiles were identified depending on etiology in patients with severe behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia suggesting that precise characterization might be performed regardless of the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms to adapt management.