How Does Stress Effect The Brain?
Semantic dementia; Dementia - semantic; Frontotemporal dementia; Arnold Pick's disease
Treatment
There is no specific treatment for Pick's disease. Certain antidepressants and antipsychotics may help manage mood swings related to Pick's disease, but further research is needed.
Sometimes patients with Pick's take the same medications used to treat other types of dementia, such as medications that decrease the breakdown of the chemical messenger, acetylcholine...
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