| Suicide Risk in Frontotemporal Lobe Degeneration: To be Considered, to be Prevented. | |
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PMID: 21666430 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Suicide is difficult to ascertain in elderly patients, and dementia might represent a risk factor, though predictors of suicide in dementia are still unknown. We report the case of a patient recently diagnosed as having a behavioral variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), apathetic syndrome, who committed suicide by hanging. His personal and family history was negative for mental disorders; a depressive syndrome was diagnosed 1 year before FTLD diagnosis, and treated unsuccessfully. To the best of our knowledge, no data are available about self-harmful events in FTLD. This case report argues for the urgent need for developing specific tools for the assessment of suicidal ideation among at-risk population. |
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Antonella Alberici; Elisabetta Cottini; Maura Cosseddu; Barbara Borroni; Alessandro Padovani |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-6-9 |
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Title: Alzheimer disease and associated disorders Volume: - ISSN: 1546-4156 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-6-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8704771 Medline TA: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Neurology, University of Brescia, Italy. |
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