Demographic and Symptom Correlates of Initial Idiopathic Psychiatric Diagnosis in Frontotemporal Dementia.
Corinne SejourneJordan D DworkinMegan S BarkerMasood ManoochehriReena T GottesmanEric M WassermannMichael C TierneyEdward D HueyJordan GrafmanPublished in: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology (2022)
This data confirms patterns of initial idiopathic psychiatric diagnosis in FTD and elucidates potential factors underlying misdiagnosis. Potential implications for patient outcomes, caregiver burden and healthcare costs are discussed.