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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