DEMENTIA AND PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS IN AMYOTR OPHIC-LATERAL-SCLEROSIS

Authors
THIEL A PILICHOWSKA ME HEMMERLEIN B KUNERT HJ LANGE I KRETZSCHMAR HA RUTHER E
Citation
A. Thiel et al., DEMENTIA AND PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS IN AMYOTR OPHIC-LATERAL-SCLEROSIS, Nervenarzt, 64(9), 1993, pp. 618-622
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Neurosciences
Journal title
Nervenarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00282804
Volume
64
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
618 - 622
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2804(1993)64:9<618:DAPSIA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We present 2 case histories of patients, treated in psychiatric clinic s because of psychotic disorders, in whom further investigation reveal ed the presence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and dementia. T he causal relationship between psychotic symptoms and dementia on the one hand and ALS on the other hand is discussed. Probably in ALS other functional systems besides motor-neuron pathways are involved.