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The British Journal of Psychiatry 148: 87-94 (1986)
© 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Pseudodementia: facts and figures

A Bulbena and GE Berrios

The historical and conceptual aspects of the pseudodementia state are briefly touched upon. A "collective sample", composed of 61 cases culled from the literature, is analysed and compared with the "Fulbourn sample" consisting of 22 cases reported for the first time. Two sub- types of pseudodementia emerge, one associated with depressive illness and the other with delirium. A follow-up of the Fulbourn sample (1-4 years after discharge) showed 14 patients to be alive and 8 to show no signs of dementia. No variable except the diagnosis "non-specific psychosis" correlated with death during the follow-up period.




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