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dc.contributor.authorPinner, Gill
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Hazel
dc.contributor.authorBouman, Walter P.
dc.contributor.authorIsaacs, Jo
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T08:05:39Z
dc.date.available2017-10-23T08:05:39Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationPinner, G., Johnson, H., Bouman, W. P. & Isaacs, J. (1997). Psychiatric manifestations of normal-pressure hydrocephalus: A short review and unusual case. International Psychogeriatrics, 9 (4), pp.465-470.en
dc.identifier.other10.1017/S1041610297004602
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/10001
dc.description.abstractPresents the case of a 68-yr-old male with paranoid psychosis and mild cognitive impairment, but no neurological signs or classic triad. Gait disturbance and urinary incontinence developed later in the course of illness after the diagnosis of normal-pressure hydrocephalus had already been made on CT scanning. A lumbo-peritoneal shunt was performed, followed by full remission of psychotic symptoms, as well as considerable improvement in functioning, continence, and gait. This case demonstrates the need to consider normal-pressure hydrocephalus when older patients present with psychotic symptoms, particularly in the presence of cognitive impairment, gait disturbance, or incontinence. It is asserted that CT scanning of the brain is an important investigation in older patients presenting with both functional and organic disorders. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
dc.description.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-psychogeriatrics/article/psychiatric-manifestations-of-normalpressure-hydrocephalus-a-short-review-and-unusual-case/A695A3EF59C581970FC3A80AA85E2B35
dc.subjectCognition disordersen
dc.subjectPsychotic disordersen
dc.titlePsychiatric manifestations of normal-pressure hydrocephalus: A short review and unusual caseen
dc.typeArticle
html.description.abstractPresents the case of a 68-yr-old male with paranoid psychosis and mild cognitive impairment, but no neurological signs or classic triad. Gait disturbance and urinary incontinence developed later in the course of illness after the diagnosis of normal-pressure hydrocephalus had already been made on CT scanning. A lumbo-peritoneal shunt was performed, followed by full remission of psychotic symptoms, as well as considerable improvement in functioning, continence, and gait. This case demonstrates the need to consider normal-pressure hydrocephalus when older patients present with psychotic symptoms, particularly in the presence of cognitive impairment, gait disturbance, or incontinence. It is asserted that CT scanning of the brain is an important investigation in older patients presenting with both functional and organic disorders. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)


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