In:
Health Psychology Report, Termedia Sp. z.o.o., Vol. 7, No. 1 ( 2019-1-30), p. 48-56
Abstract:
The aim of the case study was to describe the profile of cognitive and emotional functioning of a patient with possible progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) from a longitudinal perspective. Participants and procedure This study involved an 71-year-old male patient diagnosed with PSP, and 9 matched healthy subjects. Neuro-psychological examination of the patient was performed twice with a 6 month interval. A set of neuropsycho-logical tests was used to assess both cognition and behaviour. Results Neuropsychological assessment revealed executive dysfunction dominance (planning deficits, reduced cogni-tive flexibility and abstract thinking, impulsiveness), reduced verbal fluency, psychomotor slowness and prob-lems with memory retrieval from the long-term memory storage in contrast to significantly better recognition of the previously learned information. According to emotional functioning, frontal change of personality was ob-served, with apathy, disinhibition, lack of insights, impulsiveness and “utilization behaviours”. Conclusions The profile of emotional and cognitive impairments met the criteria for dementia. There was a progression of deficits at visit two in comparison to visit one. The longitudinal perspective allowed the dynamics of emotional, cognitive and behavioural changes to be described over time: from depression related to initially preserved criticism of the illness to apathy and emotional blunting and behavioural frontal syndrome connected with the systematic loss of insight.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2353-4184
,
2353-5571
DOI:
10.5114/hpr.2019.82633
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Termedia Sp. z.o.o.
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3031358-2
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