Frontotemporal dementia presenting as severe depression

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease whose early behavioural and emotional symptoms often mimic psychiatric disorders. Here, the authors highlight the challenges of diagnosis with the reassessment of an elderly patient receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severe depression.

Source: Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry - May 31, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Laurence Newrick, Alister Gomes ‐Pinto, Jonathan Hewitt Tags: Case notes Source Type: research