Self-Neglect and Frontal Lobe Dysfunction
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 155 (1) , 101-105
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.155.1.101
Abstract
An elderly lady, of superior verbal intelligence and with no severe psychiatric condition, severely neglected herself, and required prolonged day patient care. Brain scans showed selective frontal atrophy, and both traditional and new computerised neuropsychological testing demonstrated severe frontal dysfunction.Keywords
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