TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of frontotemporal dementia in mental health and multidisciplinary settings
AU - Wylie, Mary Anne
AU - Shnall, Adriana
AU - Onyike, Chiadi U.
AU - Huey, Edward D.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the mental health setting and issues pertaining to longitudinal care of this population in a specialist clinic are reviewed. FTD is often misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder, most commonly as a mood disorder. FTD has features that overlap with those of major depression, mania, obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. We describe these features and how to differentiate FTD from these psychiatric disorders. This paper also describes practical issues in the management of FTD, specifically the issues that clinicians, patients and their families face in managing this disease. Areas of clinical care along the continuum are explored; FTD care involves collaborative management of symptoms and disability, and assisting patients and families in adapting to the disease.
AB - Diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the mental health setting and issues pertaining to longitudinal care of this population in a specialist clinic are reviewed. FTD is often misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder, most commonly as a mood disorder. FTD has features that overlap with those of major depression, mania, obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. We describe these features and how to differentiate FTD from these psychiatric disorders. This paper also describes practical issues in the management of FTD, specifically the issues that clinicians, patients and their families face in managing this disease. Areas of clinical care along the continuum are explored; FTD care involves collaborative management of symptoms and disability, and assisting patients and families in adapting to the disease.
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U2 - 10.3109/09540261.2013.776949
DO - 10.3109/09540261.2013.776949
M3 - Article
C2 - 23611352
AN - SCOPUS:84876763483
SN - 0954-0261
VL - 25
SP - 230
EP - 236
JO - International Review of Psychiatry
JF - International Review of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -