Sociopathic Dementia

Find out if frontotemporal dementia can cause sociopathic behaviour.

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By Neuroskeptic
Sep 22, 2010 11:08 AMAug 3, 2023 3:31 PM

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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a tragic, but scientifically fascinating, disease.

FTD only accounts for a small fraction of dementias in total (estimates range from 2% to 10%), but it typically strikes people aged in their 50s or 60s, i.e. much earlier than the average for Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia. As a result, FTD accounts for a large proportion of early-onset cases.


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