Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Comorbid Frontotemporal Dementia with Bipolar Disorder | Zendy

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Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Comorbid Frontotemporal Dementia with Bipolar Disorder

Author(s) -

Sean Paul,

Jennifer L. Goetz,

Jeffrey Bennett,

Tessy Korah

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2090-682X

pISSN - 2090-6838

DOI - 10.1155/2013/124719

Subject(s) - frontotemporal dementia , electroconvulsive therapy , medicine , bipolar disorder , psychiatry , dementia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , lithium (medication) , disease

Challenges encountered in the diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are further confounded when presented with comorbid psychiatric disorder. Here we report a case of progressive FTD in a patient with a long history of bipolar affective disorder (BAD) 1, depressed type. We also report beneficial effects of electroconvulsive therapy and its potential application in similar comorbid disorders.

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