Frontotemporal Dementia
- AKA Pick’s disease
- Symptoms develop as a result of degeneration of the frontotemporal regions of the brain
- Rare cause of dementia but accounts for a larger proportion of cases in <65s
- Symptoms
- Loss of inhibition, empathy and motivation
- Development of repetitive behaviour, addictive traits
- Worsening speech impairment with word-finding and grammatical errors
- Loss of understanding of word-meaning
- In early stages, frontotemporal dementia patients have relatively preserved short-term memory compared to Alzheimer’s
- In later stages, whole brain atrophy gives a similar picture to Alzheimer’s
- MOCA shows intact memory and recall, but issues with word-finding and calculations
