Psychiatric considerations of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a degenerative neuroinflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system with a wide range of neurological and psychiatric symptoms. A correct differential diagnosis is crucial for the management of pathology and there are specific diagnostic methods. This study presents the case of a 53-year-old patient diagnosed with Strumpell-Lorrain disease resistant to psychopharmacological treatment for depression and anxiety who, after the change of diagnosis and therapy to multiple sclerosis, showed clinical improvement in psychiatric symptoms.