Huntington's disease: Managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in Huntington's disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Neuropsychiatric symptoms may precede the classic motor clinical symptoms of HD (prodromal HD) by decades and cause significant functional impairment. Early recognition and comprehensive non-pharmacological, usually in combination with pharmacological, treatment is essential. PMID: 29687724 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29687724?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - April 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Loi SM, Walterfang M, Velakoulis D, Looi JC Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research

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