U.S. News Health Reports ‘What Is Frontotemporal Dementia?’

U.S. News & World Report recently featured frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in a Health Care section article by staff writer Ruben Castaneda. Titled “What is Frontotemporal Dementia?” the article provides an overview of this rare disease, including how it manifests via dramatic changes in personality and compulsive behavior.

FTD can involve compulsive behavior and a dramatic change in personality.

The April 2019 article discusses:

• How frontotemporal degeneration is rare
• How FTD differs from Alzheimer’s
• The symptoms of FTD
• The risk factors for FTD
• Why FTD is difficult to diagnose
• Possible complications of FTD
• Strategies for managing FTD

FTD experts interviewed for the article include:

• Susan L-J Dickinson, chief executive officer of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
• Dr. Nupur Ghoshal, a neurologist who is an associate professor in the departments of neurology and psychiatry at the Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, part of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
• Dr. Pasquale Fonzetti, director of the Memory Evaluation Treatment Service at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, New York
• Dr. James Leverenz, a behavioral neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic
• Gary Mitchell, a lecturer in education at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast in Belfast in Northern Ireland