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P4‐372: Cognitive intervention in a variant of Alzheimer's disease: A case report
Author(s) -
Alves Jorge,
Magalhães Rosana,
Cruz Sara,
Sampaio Adriana,
Gonçalves Óscar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.09.186
Subject(s) - psychology , neuropsychology , cognition , intervention (counseling) , neuropsychological assessment , psychomotor learning , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry
patients with FTD had a significant increase in total scores of FrSBe, disinhibition and executive dysfunction compared to AD and VaD. Worsening of apathy was to same extent in all subtypes. Conclusions: This study demonstrated specific patterns of impaired empathy and frontal behavior in dementia subtypes. Cognitive empathy declined in VaD while FTD patients demonstrated impairment of both cognitive and emotional empathy. AD patients showed no change in ability to empathise. Apathy, executive dysfunction and disinhibition were common in all three subtypes, however FTD had more severe impairment in executive dysfunction and disinhibition.