Citalopram, depression and pseudo dementia: a neuropsychological case study.
The author presents a case of (depressive) pseudo dementia, commenting on the clinical and neuropsychological findings before and after the use of citalopram, a serotoninergic anti depressive drug. The case portrays the current criticism about the old dichotomy between non-reversible ("functional") and reversible ("organic") dementia. The 73 year old woman initially diagnosed as pseudo demented showed some mild cognitive deterioration in neuropsychological evaluation after the improvement of her depressive symptoms. Some reasons for the divergent findings on pseudo dementia prognosis in the literature are proposed.
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Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015283:Citalopram / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D015283:Citalopram