Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological review
Ever since Kiloh (1961) [2] coined the term pseudo-dementia, it has been used a little loosely for describing the cognitive deficits in depression, especially, which is found in old age. However, several diagnostic dilemmas persist regarding the nosological status of this condition. Teasing out thes...
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| author | Hai Kang Fengqing Zhao Llbo You Cinzia Giorgetta Venkatesh D Sujit Sarkhel Ravi Prakash |
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| description | Ever since Kiloh (1961) [2] coined the term pseudo-dementia, it has been used a little loosely for describing the cognitive deficits in depression, especially, which is found in old age. However, several diagnostic dilemmas persist regarding the nosological status of this condition. Teasing out these individual diagnostic problems is important not only for administering appropriate therapy, but also for preventing them from the unnecessary diagnostic assessments towards the other diagnoses. Thus, it is important to have a detailed knowledge of the cognitive or neuropsychological deficits in this condition. In this review, we start by addressing the important issue of diagnostic confusion between dementia and pseudo-dementia. Subsequently, we proceed by reviewing the present scientific literature on the cognitive deficits found in this clinical condition. For the sake of convenience, we will divide the cognitive deficits into:
Memory deficits Executive function deficits and Deficits in speech and language domains.
Finally, we will look at the progression of this condition to see the components of this condition, which can be actually called "Pseudo". |
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| spelling | doaj.art-caf6119661b642e2927ca10e7a68681a2022-12-21T23:31:53ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology0972-23271998-35492014-01-0117214715410.4103/0972-2327.132613Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological reviewHai KangFengqing ZhaoLlbo YouCinzia GiorgettaVenkatesh DSujit SarkhelRavi PrakashEver since Kiloh (1961) [2] coined the term pseudo-dementia, it has been used a little loosely for describing the cognitive deficits in depression, especially, which is found in old age. However, several diagnostic dilemmas persist regarding the nosological status of this condition. Teasing out these individual diagnostic problems is important not only for administering appropriate therapy, but also for preventing them from the unnecessary diagnostic assessments towards the other diagnoses. Thus, it is important to have a detailed knowledge of the cognitive or neuropsychological deficits in this condition. In this review, we start by addressing the important issue of diagnostic confusion between dementia and pseudo-dementia. Subsequently, we proceed by reviewing the present scientific literature on the cognitive deficits found in this clinical condition. For the sake of convenience, we will divide the cognitive deficits into: Memory deficits Executive function deficits and Deficits in speech and language domains. Finally, we will look at the progression of this condition to see the components of this condition, which can be actually called "Pseudo".http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2014;volume=17;issue=2;spage=147;epage=154;aulast=KangCognitionexecutive functionsmemorypseudodementia |
| spellingShingle | Hai Kang Fengqing Zhao Llbo You Cinzia Giorgetta Venkatesh D Sujit Sarkhel Ravi Prakash Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological review Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology Cognition executive functions memory pseudodementia |
| title | Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological review |
| title_full | Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological review |
| title_fullStr | Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological review |
| title_short | Pseudo-dementia: A neuropsychological review |
| title_sort | pseudo dementia a neuropsychological review |
| topic | Cognition executive functions memory pseudodementia |
| url | http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2014;volume=17;issue=2;spage=147;epage=154;aulast=Kang |
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