Category: F

Group of clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous disorders associated with atrophy in the frontal lobe and temporal lobe of the brain, with sparing of the parietal lobe and occipital lobe. FTLD is one of the most common causes of dementia after alzheimer’s disease, lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia. Three clinical subtypes of FTLD are…

A group of related conditions resulting from the progressive shrinking and degeneration of the temporal lobe and frontal lobe of the brain. These areas of the brain play a significant role in decision making, behavioral control, emotion, and language. Behavioral symptoms and personality changes may include decreased concern for social norms or other people and…

A pattern of emotional, behavioral, and personality changes that occur following an injury to the prefrontal lobes. The three principal syndromes are frontal convexity syndrome, medial frontal syndrome, and orbitofrontal syndrome. Impairment of frontal lobe functioning is also found in a range of psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and antisocial personality disorder.  

The area of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere and positioned anterior to the parietal lobes and above and anterior to the temporal lobes. It is separated from the parietal lobe by the primary motor cortex, which controls voluntary movements of specific body parts. The frontal lobe contains most of the…

One of the principal frontal lobe syndromes. It is characterized by apathy, occasional brief outbursts of anger, psychomotor retardation, discrepant motor and verbal behavior, and poor abstraction and categorization.  

Severe, generalized, persistent anxiety not specifically ascribed to a particular object or event and often a precursor of panic. Anxiety not referable to any specific situation or cause. A severe, overall, and general sense of unease and apprehension unrelated to any event, situation, or thought. Symptoms include increased heart rate and breathing, sweating, trembling, fatigue,…

In psychoanalytic therapy, spontaneous, uncensored verbalization by the patient of whatever comes to mind. Consists of a person relating to a therapist any thoughts that come to mind. A method used in psychoanalytic therapy. In psychoanalysis, technique intended to reveal what is carried in the unconscious, whereby a person says spontaneously whatever comes to mind,…

Separation into different parts or detachment of one or more parts from the rest. A fear of fragmentation of the personality, also known as disintegration anxiety, is often observed in patients whenever they are exposed to repetitions of earlier experiences that interfered with development of the self. This fear may be expressed as feelings of…