Conclusion
Clinicians should be very aware of the need to do a thorough medical
examination and history taking to make a proper diagnosis in our
ever-increasing geriatric population. Inadequate trial of a medication,
in this case sertraline, can lead to a wrong diagnosis of dementia,
further compounded by another wrong diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease due
to iatrogenic side effects of medications. The term “pseudodementia”
may not adequately describe a medical illness, but is clearly a syndrome
or condition encountered by us, the proper diagnoses and treatment of
which, can rapidly restorative patient to normalcy and reduce overall
morbidity.
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