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What is the most common form of organic brain disorder?
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Dementia
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Define dementia
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the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging.
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What are some areas commonly affected by dementia?
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memory, attention, language, problem solving
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In what ways might someone with dementia be disorientated?
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time (not knowing day, week month it is)
person (not knowing who they are) |
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What is the most prevalent dementia in our society?
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Alzheimer's disease
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List some cortical dementias
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Alzheimer's disease
Vascular dementia Alcohol induced (Wernicke's syndrome) Fronto-temporal lobe degenerations Creutzfelt-Jakob disease (mad cow disease) |
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List some subcortical dementias
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dementias due to:
Huntington's disease Hypothyroidism Parkinson's disease Vitamin B1 deficiency |
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How is Alzheimer's disease clinically diagnosed?
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based on the presence of characteristic neurological and neuropsychological features and the absence of alternative diagnosis
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What does neuropsychological evaluation involve?
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memory testing and assessment of intellectual functioning over a series of weeks or months
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List the stages of Alzheimer's disease
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Mild (early stage)
Moderate (middle stage) Severs (late stage) |
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Describe some characteristics of early stage Alzheimer's disease
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patient becomes less energetic or spontaneous, though changes can go unnoticed. This stage has also been termed Minor Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
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Describe some characteristics of middle stage Alzheimer's disease
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patients may still be able to perform some tasks independently, but may need assistance with more complicated activities
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Describe some characteristics of late stage Alzheimer's disease
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patients will not be able to perform even simple tasks independently and will require constant supervision.
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How might late stage Alzheimer's lead to death?
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May eventually lose the ability to swallow food and fluid, and this can ultimately lead to death.
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Delusions that another person, usually of higher status, is in love with the individual
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Erotomanic type delusional disorder
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Delusions of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a deity or famous person
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Grandiose type delusional disorder
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Delusions that the person (or someone to whom the person is close) is being malevolently treated in some way
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Persecutory type delusional disorder
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Delusions that the person has some physical defect or general medical condition
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Somatic type delusional disorder
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List the diagnostic criteria for Delusional disorders
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A. Nonbizarre delusions of at least one months duration
B. Criterion for schizophrenia has not been met C. Apart from the impact of the delusion, functioning is not markedly impaired D. Mood episodes have been brief relative to duration of delusional period E. Disturbance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance |
