TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychotic Symptoms as Cognitive Deterioration Debut
T2 - Case Report
AU - Botero-Rodríguez, Felipe
AU - Mendoza, Adriana
AU - Matallana, Diana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Introduction: Dementia is frequently associated with memory and orientation failures, but it can also present as psychosis since the disease's onset, and with a spectrum of symptoms, as well as different etiologies, being greater in frontotemporal dementia. In this article we aim to present the case of a patient whose first reported symptoms are in the spectrum of psychosis, as well as to discuss the mechanisms on which psychosis occurs in early dementias. Methodology: Case report. Discussion: It is pertinent to identify the etiology of psychotic symptoms, in addition to proposing the implementation of screening strategies for the identification of neurodegenerative diseases, seeking to mitigate the impact of these entities on patients, family members and on the burden of the disease with a timely treatment.
AB - Introduction: Dementia is frequently associated with memory and orientation failures, but it can also present as psychosis since the disease's onset, and with a spectrum of symptoms, as well as different etiologies, being greater in frontotemporal dementia. In this article we aim to present the case of a patient whose first reported symptoms are in the spectrum of psychosis, as well as to discuss the mechanisms on which psychosis occurs in early dementias. Methodology: Case report. Discussion: It is pertinent to identify the etiology of psychotic symptoms, in addition to proposing the implementation of screening strategies for the identification of neurodegenerative diseases, seeking to mitigate the impact of these entities on patients, family members and on the burden of the disease with a timely treatment.
KW - Dementia
KW - Frontotemporal dementia
KW - Neurocognitive disorders
KW - Psychotic disorders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152514996&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rcp.2023.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.rcp.2023.02.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85152514996
SN - 0034-7450
JO - Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria
JF - Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria
ER -