Depresión en el anciano, síntomas psicológicos y conductuales asociados a la demencia y síndrome paraneoplásicodificultades diagnósticas. A propósito de un caso.
- Íñigo Alberdi Páramo
- Jesús Enrique Ibáñez Vizoso
- Jesús Pemán Rodríguez
- Sofía Cereijo Vázquez
- Isabel Ramos García
ISSN: 1134-5934
Year of publication: 2020
Volume: 27
Issue: 3
Pages: 126-129
Type: Article
More publications in: Psiquiatría biológica: Publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española de Psiquiatría Biológica
Abstract
Depression in the elderly is characterized by specific features such as a greater predominance of motor symptoms and a less subjective feeling of sadness. Diagnosis involves an added difficulty due to frequent polymedication, medical comorbidities, and functional and cognitive impairment typical of this age group. The case of an 83 year old patient is presented. Differential diagnosis is discussed between behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and depression in the elderly, in a case where positivity to an onconeuronal antibody acted as a distracting factor.