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  • Atypical social cognitive processing in premotor Huntington’s disease: a single case study

  • T. Burke, D. Healy, P. Casey, O. Hardiman, N. Pender
  • Journal:
    Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Volume 34 / Issue 1 / March 2017
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    26 October 2015, pp. 53-58
    Print publication:
    March 2017
  • Background

    We report the case of a 52-year-old male with pre-motor Huntington’s disease (HD) who has undergone detailed clinical and neuropsychological examination. This patient’s negative symptomatology and behavioural change are having a detrimental impact on his social, occupational and interpersonal life, in the absence of motor symptoms.

    Methods

    The patient has undergone repeat neuropsychological testing (T1 aged 50; T2 aged 52) with particular focus on executive function and social cognition on repeat testing.

    Results

    This case details a specific manifestation of HD relating to behavioural, psychiatric and social affective deficits.

    Conclusions

    This case illustrates how social cognitive changes can occur in HD, months and even years prior to the onset of motor features and how such unrecognized deficits can have a deleterious impact on an individual’s functional ability and lifestyle, before the disease is traditionally considered to have become manifest.