Red herrings in the diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia: A case of probable bipolar disorder evolving into frontotemporal dementia

Red herrings in the diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia: A case of probable bipolar disorder evolving into frontotemporal dementia

Bipolar illness and Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) share many common features. The clinical features of mania such as excessive cheerfulness, hyper-sexuality and overspending can mimic impaired judgement and loss of inhibition seen in FTD. The depressive features such as anhedonia, decreased social i...

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Main Authors: Shiva Shanker Reddy Mukku, Manjula Simiyon, Umamaheswari Vanamoorthy, Santosh Loganathan, Mathew Varghese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Geriatric Mental Health
Subjects:
Bipolar disorder
catatonia
frontotemporal dementia
Online Access:http://www.jgmh.org/article.asp?issn=2348-9995;year=2018;volume=5;issue=1;spage=71;epage=74;aulast=Reddy

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