The neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis. (25th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ron, Maria A.
• Is Part Of: BJPsych advances. Volume 24:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 178
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2018-04-25
• Subjects: Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89005
• DOI: 10.1192/bja.2017.19
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4678

Abstract

SUMMARY: Multiple sclerosis (MS), an immune-mediated demyelinating condition, is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in the UK. It has a high psychiatric comorbidity and over half of patients have some degree of cognitive impairment that adds to the burden of disability. This article reviews the psychiatric and cognitive manifestations of MS and their detection and treatment. Recent advances in the treatment of the disease are briefly reviewed and the impact of disease-modifying therapies on psychiatric morbidity and cognitive impairment is discussed. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Understand the psychiatric morbidity in MS and its biological counterparts Understand the cognitive impairment and its biological counterparts Become familiar with the detection and treatment of the psychiatric and cognitive manifestations of MS DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.