Sigfried Schouws, MSc, PhD

Patients and practitioners often avoid electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) due to the risk of cognitive side effects. This study assessed whether inflammatory markers before ECT are associated with cognitive functioning...

How can you discriminate between behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and psychiatric disorders with similar behavioral changes, such as apathy, disinhibition, reduced empathy, or compulsions? Which neuropsychological tests are useful?

Could you correctly diagnose a patient with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia? This original research article compares the clinical presentation of this disorder with those of psychiatric disorders such as...