ArticleAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2019
High Risk of Suicide in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia.
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- Similarities and differences in the prevalence and risk factors of suicidal behavior between caregivers and people with dementia: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Depression and apathy in frontotemporal dementia: a short assessment of facts and outlook.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
- How to Prevent Suicide in Older Patients with a Neurocognitive Disorder: A Scoping Review Leading to the Development of a Clinical Guide for Healthcare Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Novel CHMP2B Splicing Variant in Atypical Presentation of Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2025Article
- Identifying clinical phenotypes of frontotemporal dementia in post-9/11 era veterans using natural language processing.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Suicidal behavior across a broad range of psychiatric disorders.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Review
- Living with dementia: Why I am thinking of 'death'.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
- Addressing Suicide Risk in Patients Living With Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Suicide risk in first year after dementia diagnosis in older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2022Article
- Completed Suicide by Firearm in an Individual With the Agrammatic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia: Case Report.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Severe Suicidality in Athletes with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Case Series and Overview on Putative Ethiopathogenetic Mechanisms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Mental Disorders, Cognitive Impairment and the Risk of Suicide in Older Adults.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Assessment of Association between NINJ2 Polymorphisms and Suicide Attempts in an Iranian Population.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2020Article
- Etiopathogenesis of Suicide: A Conceptual Analysis of Risk and Prevention Within a Comprehensive, Deterministic Model.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Frontotemporal Dementia and Suicide; Could Genetics be a Key Factor?American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
- In Response to a Letter to the Editor "Frontotemporal Dementia and Suicide; Could Genetics be a Key Factor?"American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
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Abstract
aimThe purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), evaluating possible risk factors for suicidality.
methodsRisk of suicide was assessed using the Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI) in 35 patients with bvFTD and 25 controls.
resultsAccording to SSI, 40% of patients with bvFTD had suicidal ideation in comparison to 8% of controls ( P = .009). Four patients with bvFTD have attempted suicide versus none control ( P = .006). Patients with bvFTD with suicide risk showed higher levels of anxiety, depression, stress, and hopelessness than patients without suicide risk ( P < .001). Patients who attempted suicide were younger and had a longer disease duration than those with only suicide ideation. Intriguingly, 40% of patients with parkinsonism presented high level of suicide ideation.
conclusionsOur findings show that patients with bvFTD have a high risk of suicide. Additional studies in larger populations are needed to confirm our results.
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