palsy was first described as a distinct disorder by neurologists john steele, john richardson, and jerzy olszewski in 1963. they recognized the same clinical syndrome in 8 patients and described the autopsy findings in 6 of them in 1963. progressive supranuclear palsy was not a “new” disease in 1963, as 22 well-documented case reports had been identified in the neurologic literature between 1877 and 1963. the unique frontal lobe cognitive changes of progressive supranuclear palsy (apathy, loss of spontaneity, slowing of thought processes, and loss of executive functions) were first described by albert and colleagues in 1974. society and culture there are several organizations around the world that support psp patients and the research into psp and related diseases, such as corticobasal degeneration (cbd) and multiple system atrophy (msa). canada: psp society of canada, a federally registered non-profit organization which serves patients and families dealing with psp, cbd and msa, set up in 2017 through the help of curepsp in the usa france: association psp france, a nonprofit patient association set up in 1996 through the help of pspa in the uk. it also gives support to french speaking patients in quebec, morocco, algeria, belgium and lebanon uk: pspa, a national charity for information, patient support and research of psp and cbd, set up in 1995 ireland: pspai, a body which aims to get psp better known us: curepsp, a nonprofit organization for promoting awareness, care and research of psp, cbd, msa "and other prime of life neurodegenerative diseases" in popular culture in the 2020 american musical comedy-drama television series, zoey's extraordinary playlist, the title character's father (mitch clarke, played by peter gallagher) has psp and dies in the final episode of the first season. american singer linda ronstadt was diagnosed with psp in 2019, subsequent to an initial diagnosis of parkinson's disease in 2014.