Anxiety Disorders: Sampson SM

Mendez MF, Lauterbach EC, Sampson SM, Anonymous00067. · Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, UCLA, USA. · J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. · Pubmed #18451185 links to  free full text

Abstract: The Committee on Research of the American Neuropsychiatric Association conducted a review of the noncognitive neuropsychiatric manifestations of frontotemporal dementia. The Committee on Research searched reviews and several online databases for all pertinent publications. Single case reports without pathology were excluded, except for psychosis, where single cases made up much of the literature. The strongest evidence supports an association of frontotemporal dementia with the following behaviors: apathy-abulia; disinhibition-impulsivity; loss of insight and self-referential behavior; decreased emotion and empathy; violation of social and moral norms; changes in dietary or eating behavior; and repetitive behaviors. Frontotemporal dementia is less frequently associated with anxiety and mood disorders, which may be a prodrome or risk factor, and rarely presents with delusions or hallucinations. The results of this review highlight the distinct neuropsychiatric manifestations of frontotemporal dementia and the need to reconsider the current diagnostic criteria for this disorder.

Rasmussen KG, Snyder KA, Knapp RG, Mueller M, Yim E, Husain MM, Rummans TA, Sampson SM, O'Connor MK, Bernstein HJ, Kellner CH, Anonymous00088. · Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. · Psychiatry Res. · Pubmed #15661324 No free full text.

Abstract: Patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were divided into those with less severe depression and those with more severe depression. In the less severely depressed group, high somatic anxiety and hypochondriasis predicted a low likelihood of sustained remission with ECT. In the more severely depressed group, these traits were not predictive of ECT outcome.