The diagnostic challenge of psychiatric symptoms in neurodegenerative disease: rates of and risk factors for prior psychiatric diagnosis in patients with early neurodegenerative disease

• Published in: The journal of clinical psychiatry Vol. 72; no. 2; p. 126
• Main Authors: Woolley, Josh D, Khan, Baber K, Murthy, Nikhil K, Miller, Bruce L, Rankin, Katherine P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2011
• Subjects: Adjustment Disorders - diagnosis; Adjustment Disorders - epidemiology; Adjustment Disorders - genetics; Adjustment Disorders - psychology; Age of Onset; Aged; Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis; Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology; Anxiety Disorders - genetics; Anxiety Disorders - psychology; Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis; Bipolar Disorder - epidemiology; Bipolar Disorder - genetics; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease - genetics; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental Disorders - genetics; Mental Disorders - psychology; Middle Aged; Neurocognitive Disorders - diagnosis; Neurocognitive Disorders - epidemiology; Neurocognitive Disorders - genetics; Neurocognitive Disorders - psychology; Neurodegenerative Diseases - diagnosis; Neurodegenerative Diseases - epidemiology; Neurodegenerative Diseases - genetics; Neurodegenerative Diseases - psychology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Schizophrenia - diagnosis; Schizophrenia - epidemiology; Schizophrenia - genetics; Schizophrenic Psychology

To identify rates of and risk factors for psychiatric diagnosis preceding the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease. Systematic, retrospective, blinded chart review was performed of 252 patients with a neurodegenerative disease diagnosis seen in our specialty clinic between 1999 and 2008. Neurodege...