Volume 39 · Number 12
DECEMBER 2009
Disinhibition, Self-Neglect, and Cognitive Deficits: Clarifying the Diagnosis
By Alexander Z. Harris, MD; Dimitry Francois, MD; Nahla Mahgoub, MD
Mrs. A, a 72-year-old woman without prior psychiatric history, was brought to the hospital after she threatened to commit suicide, which was shortly after her son moved her from her apartment to an assisted-living facility. The patient expressed great unhappiness with her new living situation, complaining that she was the youngest person there and the facility lacked activities appropriate for her age, including “exercise and disco dancing.”
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Alexander Z. Harris, MD, PhD, is Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Queens, New York. Dimitry Francois, MD, is Geriatric Fellow, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Westchester Division, New York. Nahla Mahgoub, MD, is Instructor in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Westchester Division.
Address correspondence to: Nahla Mahgoub, MD, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, New York, 10605; e-mail: namd06@aol.com; nam2024@med.cornell.edu.
Dr. Harris; Dr. Francois; and Dr. Mahgoub have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
doi: 10.3928/00485718-20091120-01
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