Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy for Comorbid Frontotemporal Dementia with Bipolar Disorder
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Sean Paul; Jennifer Goetz; Jeffrey Bennett; Tessy Korah
- Source
- Case Reports in Psychiatry, Vol 2013 (2013)
- Subject
- Psychiatry
RC435-571
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-682X
2090-6838
Challenges encountered in the diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are further confounded when presented with comorbid psychiatric disorder. Here we report a case of progressive FTD in a patient with a long history of bipolar affective disorder (BAD) 1, depressed type. We also report beneficial effects of electroconvulsive therapy and its potential application in similar comorbid disorders.