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Case studies in neuropsychiatry: diagnosis and treatment of coexistent dementia and depression

Snow, S.S.; Wells, C.E.

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 42(11): 439-441

1981

ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689
PMID: 7298585
Document Number: 172883
A case of coexisting dementia and depression is described. The diagnostic problem is discussed in detail, with special emphasis on the usefulness of the sodium amytal interview in establishing the existence of depression. The patient was treated with a course of ECT, with significant lifting of her depression and improvement in behavior despite the persistence of dementia.

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