Before someone becomes a neurologist or psychiatrist, they have to undergo medical school. Their programme includes the acquisition of both psychiatric and neurological examination skills. Thus, the theoretical basis is available to every doctor, but later it comes to the choice of specialisation and the narrowing of the circle of individuals treated by the specialist. In the case of patients with dementia, some of the symptoms relate to neurology, while others relate to psychiatry - so which complaints should be referred to whom?