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  • 1Behavioral Neurology Section, Department of Neurology (Pressman, Wortzel, Woodcock, Filley, Arciniegas), and Department of Psychiatry (Wortzel, Filley, Arciniegas), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Departments of Neurosurgery (Molden) and Psychiatry (Plys) and the Marcus Institute for Brain Health (Filley, Arciniegas), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora; Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora (Wortzel); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque (Arciniegas).

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Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) often screens positive for psychiatric disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) due to common screening tools. Further research is needed to differentiate bvFTD from primary psychiatric conditions.

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Background:

  • Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is frequently misdiagnosed as primary psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • Nonspecialists often employ screening tools for psychiatric conditions during initial assessments of individuals with bvFTD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate how bvFTD manifests in screening surveys designed for primary psychiatric disorders.
  • To assess the utility of established screening measures in identifying bvFTD.

Main Methods:

  • Twenty-seven patients with bvFTD and their caregivers completed questionnaires including the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ), PHQ-9, GAD-7, Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale, and Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire.
  • Established cutoff scores were used to define positive screens for psychiatric disorders. Individual questions were analyzed for granular characterization of bvFTD symptoms.

Main Results:

  • A significant percentage of bvFTD patients screened positive: 89% for ASD, 54% for ADHD, and 15% for bipolar disorder.
  • Depressive symptoms (PHQ-9) and anxiety symptoms (GAD-7) were endorsed by 57% and 43% of respondents, respectively.
  • Hyperactivity or hypersensitivity symptoms were infrequently reported by bvFTD patients.

Conclusions:

  • Using standard cutoff scores on psychiatric screening measures can lead to a high rate of false positives in individuals with bvFTD.
  • Further investigation is required to identify specific screening questions that can effectively differentiate bvFTD from primary psychiatric disorders.