Sigfried Schouws, PhD
GGZ inGeest Specialized Mental Health Care, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Neuroscience Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Original Research
Inflammation and Cognition in ECT-Treated Older Adults
August 10, 2021
Patients and practitioners often avoid electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) due to the risk of cognitive side effects. This study assessed whether inflammatory markers before ECT are associated with cognitive functioning...
Original Research
Neuropsychology of BvFTD and Psychiatric Disorders
February 4, 2020
How can you discriminate between behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and psychiatric disorders with similar behavioral changes, such as apathy, disinhibition, reduced empathy, or compulsions? Which neuropsychological tests are useful?
Original Research
Neuropsychological Profile of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
July 25, 2017
Could you correctly diagnose a patient with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia? This original research article compares the clinical presentation of this disorder with those of psychiatric disorders such as...
