Frontotemporal Dementia and Late-Onset Bipolar Disorder: The Many Directions of a Busy Road

Frontotemporal Dementia and Late-Onset Bipolar Disorder: The Many Directions of a Busy Road

It is a common pathway for patients with the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) to be first misdiagnosed with a primary psychiatric disorder, a considerable proportion of them being diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD). Conversely, not rarely patients presenting in late life with...

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Main Authors: Mari N. Maia da Silva, Fábio Henrique de Gobbi Porto, Pedro Maranhão Gomes Lopes, Catarina Sodré de Castro Prado, Norberto Anízio Ferreira Frota, Candida Helena Lopes Alves, Gilberto Sousa Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
bipolar disorder
frontotemporal dementia
aging
neurodegeneration
frontal syndrome
neuropsychiatry
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.768722/full

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