○Taku Hatano, Nobutaka Hattori (Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan)
Session information
Symposium
[S-24] Pathological basis and therapeutic strategy for neuropsychiatric symptoms
Fri. May 25, 2018 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Room 9 (Royton Sapporo / Regent Hall (2F))
Chair: Hitoshi Shimada(Department of Functional Brain Imaging Research (DOFI), National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Japan), Amane Tateno(Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nippon Medical School, Japan)
Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common even in neurological diseases as well as in psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric symptoms frequently make it difficult to get a good handle on diseases, leading to poor disease prognosis. Some psychiatric symptoms would occur in connection with drug treatment; however, even de novo patients with neurological diseases can show several psychiatric problems. Scientific understanding of the pathological bases of psychiatric symptoms would be essential for proper management of patients with neurological diseases. Aims of the symposium are as follows; 1) understanding the characteristics and pathological bases of neuropsychiatric symptoms observed in neurological diseases, especially in regard to movement disorders, patients with dementia, and psychotic symptoms following traumatic brain injury; 2) comprehending the molecular mechanism of therapy for psychotic symptoms; and 3) discussing better treatments for neuropsychiatric symptoms.
○Hitoshi Shinotoh1,2 (1.Neurology Clinic Chiba, Japan, 2.Department of Brain Functional Imaging Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Insititutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Japan)
○Amane Tateno, Yoshiro Okubo (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Nippon Medical School, Japan)
○Takaaki Mori (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)