Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Heralding the Onset of Semantic Frontotemporal Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with cognitive decline. The dementia type following PTSD is unclear.

Objective

To assess whether PTSD is associated with a specific dementia.

Methods

Prospective study: 46 PTSD patients (DSM-IV-TR) were followed for 6-10 years with clinical, neuropsychological, imaging evaluations for possible development of dementia.Retrospective study:849 dementia patients followed during 1999-2014 (509 Alzheimer's disease, AD; 207 dementia with Lewy bodies, DLB; 90 vascular dementia, VaD; 43 frontotemporal dementia, FTD) and 287 patients with any neurological condition (including patients with/without dementia) were evaluated for the presence of PTSD in their history.

Results

Prospective study: 8 patients develop

SUBMITTER: Bonanni L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5900559 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature