Psychiatr. praxi. 2014;15(1):39-40

Depressive pseudodementia (DPD)

MUDr.Vít Bičan
Psychiatrická nemocnice Kroměříž

Depressive pseudodementia is a cognitive deficit, arising out of the depresivity (so-called false dementia). It is a serious complication

of depressive disorder, whitch may lead to misdiagnosis and consequently, the wrong treatment, with consequence in prolongation

of disease, or pharmacoresistance. Both signs of cognitive deficits and symptoms of typical in depression are obvious. Basic survey of

depressive pseudodementia differential diagnostics is shown this paper.

Keywords: depressive pseudodementia, depression, dementia

Published: March 1, 2014  Show citation

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