Kissing or "osculation" in frontotemporal dementia

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2014 Summer;26(3):258-61. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13060139.

Abstract

The authors investigated the neuropsychiatry of kissing in frontotemporal dementia. Among 15 patients, two had compulsive social kissing, bitemporal involvement, and Klüver-Bucy symptoms, and four pursued kissing with sexually disinhibited behavior. Future research should clarify the neuropsychiatric significance of kissing behavior.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Behavior*
  • Female
  • Frontotemporal Dementia / physiopathology*
  • Frontotemporal Dementia / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations*
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome / complications
  • Kluver-Bucy Syndrome / psychology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged