Frontotemporal dementia

Frontotemporal dementia: the latest studies, research, and CME activities

For scientifically rigorous research on frontotemporal dementia, Psychiatrist.com is one of the most authoritative sources in the field.

On Psychiatrist.com, psychiatrists and mental health professionals can access latest evidence-based, peer-reviewed articles on the causes, diagnoses, and treatment of frontotemporal dementia. Primary care physicians and other healthcare workers who treat patients with dementia can find information that advances their clinical expertise on dementia-related illnesses and other behavioral health and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Practitioners and academics can access a vast collection of articles, case reports, studies, and meta-analyses, including information on frontotemporal dementia, early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and Lewy body dementia.

A free registration on Psychiatrist.com provides access to many articles and benefits, while a paid subscription offers complete access to all current and historical material on the website.

Access up-to-date resources on dementia

Psychiatrist.com compiles research and articles from several sources. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is a leading source of peer-reviewed articles on the newest advances in diagnosis and treatment of mental and neurologic illnesses. The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders seeks to advance the clinical expertise of healthcare professionals, providing practice-based research with direct clinical utility.

Content on Psychiatrist.com includes:

• Peer-reviewed articles and features on frontotemporal dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment, including vascular dementia, patients with dementia and Parkinson’s, and diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment to late stage dementia
• Reports on rounds from the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute that present case conferences where physicians and staff discuss their most challenging cases
• Original research, case reports, commentaries, Academic Highlights, brief reports, and meta-analyses
• Psychopharmacology articles that examine the practice of psychopharmacology through the lens of clinical experience

Research related to frontotemporal dementia on Psychiatrist.com includes titles such as:

• Facial Emotion Recognition Performance Differentiates Between Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and Major Depressive Disorder. Isabelle Chiu, Olivier Piguet, Janine Diehl-Schmid, Lina Riedl, Johannes Beck, Thomas Leyhe, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, Reto W. Kressig, Manfred Berres, Andreas U. Monsch, and Marc Sollberger
• Identifying Specific Clinical Symptoms of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Versus Differential Psychiatric Disorders in Patients Presenting With a Late-Onset Frontal Lobe Syndrome. Annemiek Dols, Saskia van Liempt, Flora Gossink, Welmoed A. Krudop, Sietske Sikkes, Yolande A. L. Pijnenburg, and Max L. Stek
• The Diagnostic Challenge of the Late-Onset Frontal Lobe Syndrome: Clinical Predictors for Primary Psychiatric Disorders Versus Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia. Everard G. B. Vijverberg, Flora Gossink, Welmoed Krudop, Sietske Sikkes, Cora Kerssens, Niels Prins, Max Stek, Philip Scheltens, Yolande Pijnenburg, and Annemiek Dols

CME activities for frontotemporal dementia

Psychiatrist.com provides convenient opportunities to earn CME credit from the CME Institute at CMEInstitute.com. The site also offers an online tool, MyCME, for tracking activity, completing posttests and evaluations, and printing transcripts and certificates. Mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals can earn CME credit by participating in hundreds of activities, including journal articles, supplements, newsletters, multimedia publications, and webcasts. MyCME makes it easy to keep a record of activity and to document progress.

CME activities on Psychiatrist.com related to frontotemporal dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment include titles such as:

• The Value of Neuropsychological Assessment in the Differentiation Between Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and Late-Onset Psychiatric Disorders. Jozefien M. Overbeek, Nicole Korten, Flora Gossink, Jay Fieldhouse, Marleen van de Beek, Lianne Reus, Annemieke Dols, Yolande Pijnenburg, and Sigfried Schouws
  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?.
• Current and Emerging Solutions to Challenges in the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease. Alireza Atri, Danielle Goldfarb, Simon Sheard, and Lynn Shaughnessy
  Learn from experts in neurology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, and primary care about working with patients and care partners to create management plans for Alzheimer’s disease that ensure safety, optimize patient autonomy, and minimize agitation and conflict..
• Cognitive Assessment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementias in Clinical Practice: Pragmatics of Brief Instruments and Neuropsychological Evaluation. Lynn Shaughnessy, Simon Sheard, Danielle Goldfarb, and Alireza Atri
  Meaningful benefits can be derived from the evaluation of cognition in older adults when there is possible cognitive impairment and dementia. In this CME activity, experts explain how brief cognitive assessment tools and neuropsychological evaluations can aid diagnosis and inform a management plan..

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