TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Psychiatric and behavioural manifestations of Huntington's disease JO - Advances in psychiatric treatment A1 - Jauhar, S. A1 - Ritchie, S. SP - 168 EP - 175 VL - 16 IS - 3 N2 - Patients with Huntington's disease can be a challenge to psychiatrists and to psychiatric services. We present a patient whose case history illustrates this and underlines the need for prompt and adequate treatment of psychiatric problems in this population. We discuss the psychiatric and behavioural manifestations of the illness, the treatments available and the role of psychiatric services in providing care for people with Huntington's disease.

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LA - en SN - 1355-5146 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.107.005371 ID - ref1 ER -