Psychiatric Aspects of Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 154 (S4) , 77-80
- https://doi.org/10.1192/s0007125000295834
Abstract
Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) was described in 1964 (Adams, 1965; Hakim, 1965) and defined by the symptom triad: dementia, motor disturbance, and sphincter disturbance. The original publication by Adams already contained a reference to psychiatric symptoms: depression, slowness, hallucinations, and apathy. Rice & Gendelman (1973) reported five cases, and commented on the development of both early cognitive impairment and behavioural regression, suggesting that personality factors might play a role in the appearance of latter symptoms. Trevor et al (1977) described a case suffering from psychotic depression, paranoid symptoms, inadequate affect, and self-destructive behaviour.Keywords
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