title: Major depressive disorder preceding the onset of progressive supranuclear palsy.
abstract: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by vertical supranuclear palsy and parkinsonian symptoms. The neuropsychiatric symptoms of PSP include anhedonia, depressed mood and cognitive impairment. Patients with PSP have an increased risk for developing depressive disorders within the next year. However, it is rare to find that major depressive disorder was the antecedent diagnosis of a patient who was later diagnosed with PSP. We present here a patient who suffered from PSP with repetitive falls, a masked face and dysarthria after developing a major depressive disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Hyoung
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Hye-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Myung-Ji
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Min-Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Chul-Eung
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong-Seop
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Nam
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bae