Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, is tricky to pick up at the doctor's office and impossible to cure.
And for those who live with the condition, their families and their carers, the situation can be very challenging.
On All in the Mind this week, we hear from those people and a researcher who has spent decades working on the condition.

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All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
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Folge vom 27.02.2022'Utterly catastrophic' — life with frontotemporal dementia
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Folge vom 20.02.2022Seeing red — anger and aggressionWhat happens when we let our most destructive emotion dominate? On All in the Mind this week, we explore why we get angry, how you might control aggression and whether it can ever be ... useful.
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Folge vom 13.02.2022Toxic positivity — when happiness becomes harmfulWe're urged to stay positive and keep up a cheerful disposition ... but sometimes things are just awful, aren’t they? On All in the Mind this week we look at why we engage in toxic positivity, why it's so damaging when we do and whether something called 'tragic optimism' could be the antidote.
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Folge vom 06.02.2022Controlling the chatter in your headMost of us have an inner voice – it reminds you to pick up milk on your way home, helps problem solve, or rehearse what you’re going to say. But there are times that helpful voice veers into harmful chatter.