Donepezil for Compulsive Behavior in Degenerative Dementia: Case Series

Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2018 May 31;16(2):224-227. doi: 10.9758/cpn.2018.16.2.224.

Abstract

Diagnosing and managing dementia, presenting with compulsions is challenging. Presented are three cases, a possible representative subset of the Donepezil responders. Selective degeneration of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex networking striatum leading to compulsions would be amenable to cholinergic modulation.

Keywords: Dementia; Donepezil; Major neurocognitive disorder; Psychosis; Repetition compulisons.

Publication types

  • Case Reports