Self-neglect and frontal lobe dysfunction

Br J Psychiatry. 1989 Jul:155:101-5. doi: 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / physiopathology
  • Awareness / physiology*
  • Cognition / physiology*
  • Dementia / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / psychology
  • Neuropsychological Tests