JamesBryan
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Registered: 05/22/09
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I have an eval going w/ 68 yo fellow 9th grade ed, no employment hx, dependent on family lifelong, no medical/clinical/or education records. Poor historian, no good collateral info. No other clinical hx.
He cites old hx of heavy drinking w/ Rx for Antabuse at one point, has had 3 DUIIS and license permanently suspended. Denies etoh in 3 yrs.
He comes in just a mess, malodorous, grossly neglected grooming/hygiene/attire, mucous running from nose, comes back from restroom break w/ sweatpants soaked.
No indication of malingering. Npsych testing indicates dementia, not of Alzheimer's nature. Main question -- how likely is this self-neglect to be associated w/ possible Korsakoff's? I'm thinking it is. Thanks Jim
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