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Sporadic Pick's Disease in a 28-Year-Old Woman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. Rana Mowadat ,
E. E. Kerr  and
D. Stclair
H. Rana Mowadat*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
E. E. Kerr
Affiliation:
Psychogeriatrics, Ravenscraig Hospital, Inverkip Road, Greenock PA16 9HA
D. Stclair
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Pick's disease was diagnosed in a 28-year-old woman without a family history of dementia (or other psychiatric disorder), after an initial diagnosis of functional psychosis and management with ECT and neuroleptics. The case illustrates the need for detailed neurological and cognitive testing and consideration of neurodegenerative disorders even in young patients.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 2 , February 1993 , pp. 259 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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