Citation

Sitek EJ, Barczak A, Harciarek M. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 2015; 38(2): 265-279.

Affiliation

Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Unit, Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, Bażyńskiego 4, Gdansk 80-952, Poland. Electronic address: psymh@ug.edu.pl.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psc.2015.01.003

PMID

25998115

Abstract

Although Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, there are several conditions (ie, frontotemporal dementia or Huntington's disease) associated with a relatively earlier onset. This article provides arguments in favor of a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment in the differential diagnosis of young-onset dementia, as episodic memory impairment is not observed early in the course of most types of young-onset dementia that predominantly affect the domains of behavior, executive, language, and/or motor function.

Language: en