Article
Psychopathology in Huntington's disease patients.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 1994
Shiwach R
Abstract excerpt
A retrospective study of 30 Huntington's disease families (110 patients: 75 alive and 35 dead) known to a regional genetic centre, using multiple sources of information, showed the minimum lifetime prevalence of depression to be 39% in the prodrome and the diagnosed disease phase of the illness....
Topics
- Dementia
- Depressive Disorder
- Genetic Counseling
- Humans
- Huntington Disease
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Neurologic Examination
- Personality Assessment
- Personality Disorders
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenic Psychology
- Suicide
- Suicide, Attempted