@article{ref1,
title="Suicide Risk in Frontotemporal Lobe Degeneration: To be Considered, to be Prevented",
journal="Alzheimer disease and associated disorders",
year="2012",
author="Alberici, Antonella and Cottini, Elisabetta and Cosseddu, Maura and Borroni, Barbara and Padovani, Alessandro",
volume="26",
number="2",
pages="194-196",
abstract="Suicide is difficult to ascertain in elderly patients, and dementia might represent a risk factor, though predictors of suicide in dementia are still unknown. We report the case of a patient recently diagnosed as having a behavioral variant of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), apathetic syndrome, who committed suicide by hanging. His personal and family history was negative for mental disorders; a depressive syndrome was diagnosed 1 year before FTLD diagnosis, and treated unsuccessfully. To the best of our knowledge, no data are available about self-harmful events in FTLD. This case report argues for the urgent need for developing specific tools for the assessment of suicidal ideation among at-risk population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-0341",
doi="10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182223254",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182223254"
}