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   Could criminal behaviour be the first sign of DEMENTIA?   
      
   Offending for the first time in old age may be due to brain damage   
      
   By Madlen Davies for MailOnline   
   13:40 06 Jan 2015, updated 17:52 06 Jan 2015   
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   Personality change or criminal activity could be signs of dementia   
   Violence is a sign of rare type of dementia called frontotemporal (FTD)   
   Doctors analysed medical records and found criminality linked to FTD   
   Advised families to seek a medical opinion if relative is acting strangely   
   Breaking the law in old age may be a sign of dementia, doctors warn.   
      
   Criminal activites including theft, traffic violations, sexual advances,   
   trespassing, and public urination, are common signs of the disease, especially   
   in older adults who are first-time offenders.   
      
   Older adults whose personality appears to have changed or who engage in   
   criminal behaviours might be doing so because their brain is becoming damaged   
   by dementia.   
      
   Violence is one of the first symptoms of a little known type of dementia, but   
   this condition is not often recognised by health providers or the authorities,   
   researchers said.   
      
   Doctors warn criminal behaviour including theft, traffic violations, sexual   
   advances, trespassing, and public urination in older people could be a sign of   
   a rare type of dementia	+3   
   Doctors warn criminal behaviour including theft, traffic violations, sexual   
   advances, trespassing, and public urination in older people could be a sign of   
   a rare type of dementia   
   Ad a result, family and friends who notice a relative who is acting outside of   
   the norm should seek a medical evaluation as they may have a degenerative   
   brain disease underlying their behaviour.   
      
   The U.S. researchers reviewed the medical records of 2,397 patients diagnosed   
   with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia between 1999 and 2012.   
      
   They scanned patient notes for entries about criminal behaviour using keywords   
   like 'arrest,' 'Driving Under the Influence (DUI),' 'shoplift' and 'violence'   
   and uncovered 204 patients, or 8.5 per cent, who qualified.   
      
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   The researchers concluded their behaviours were more often an early sign of   
   frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD).   
      
   This is a rare type of dementia which can sometimes cause inappropriate   
   behaviour in social situations,   
      
   Frontotemporal dementia is similar to Alzheimer's disease in that it is caused   
   by a build up of abnormal proteins in the brain, leading to a progressive loss   
   of brain cells, and the affected areas functioning less well and shrinking.   
      
    Criminal activites including theft, traffic violations, sexual advances,   
   trespassing, and public urination, are common signs of the disease, especially   
   in older adults who are first-time offenders   
   But it affects the frontal lobes of the brain, behind the forehead - which   
   regulate our ability to plan and organise, and are important in regulating our   
   behaviour.   
      
   It also affects the temporal lobes on either side of the brain, which organise   
   memory and language.   
      
   This type of dementia causes slowly progressive problems with language,   
   thinking, emotions and behaviour, and can profoundly alter a person's   
   character and social conduct.   
      
   It was also more often an early sign of another type of dementia called   
   'primary progressive aphasia' (PPA), a type of language-deteriorating   
   dementia, than of Alzheimer's.   
      
   Of the 'criminal' group of 204 patients, 64 had frontotemporal dementia, 24   
   had primary progressive aphasia, 42 had Alzheimer's, and the rest had various   
   other forms of dementia.   
      
   Patients with frontotemporal dementia or primary progressive aphasia tended to   
   be younger, averaging 59 to 63 years old.   
      
   This is compared to Alzheimer's patients, who were an average age of 71 when   
   their doctors made notes about criminal behaviours.   
      
   Researchers analysed the medical records of patients with dementia between   
   1992 and 2012 and found many of the patients who had engaged in criminal   
   behaviour had frontotemporal dementia. Violence is a common sign of this type   
   of degenerative disease	+3   
   Researchers analysed the medical records of patients with dementia between   
   1992 and 2012 and found many of the patients who had engaged in criminal   
   behaviour had frontotemporal dementia. Violence is a common sign of this type   
   of degenerative disease   
   WHAT IS FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA?   
      
   Frontotemporal dementia is a rare type of dementia caused by a build-up of   
   abnormal proteins in the brain.   
      
   The term 'dementia' describes a loss of mental ability that is more than would   
   be expected with ageing. It is sufficient to affect day-to-day activities and   
   gets progressively worse.   
      
   Frontotemporal dementia is similar to Alzheimer's disease in that it is caused   
   by a build-up of abnormal proteins in the brain, leading to a progressive loss   
   of brain cells.   
      
   The affected areas of the brain gradually function less well and shrink.   
      
   It tends to affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain (the front and   
   sides) in particular, and often starts at a younger age than usually seen in   
   Alzheimer's disease.   
      
   The frontal lobes are at the front of the brain, behind the forehead - they   
   regulate our ability to plan and organise ourselves and are important in   
   regulating our behaviour.   
      
   The temporal lobes are on either side of the brain above and behind the ears,   
   and they organise memory and language.   
      
   Generally, frontotemporal dementia causes slowly progressive problems with   
   language, thinking, emotions and behaviour.   
      
   It can profoundly alter a person's character and social conduct - for example,   
   they may either become impulsive and much more outgoing, or uninterested and   
   lacking in energy, depending on the type of disease they have.   
      
   Other typical symptoms include inappropriate behaviour in social situations   
   and difficulty with speech.   
      
      
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