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TOPIC 13 COGNITIVE DISORDER

TOPIC 13 COGNITIVE DISORDER. COGNITIVE DISORDERS. Dissociative disorder involve changes or disturbances in identity, memory or consciousness that affect the ability to maintain an integrated sense of self. This include: Dissociative identity disorder Dissociative amnesia Dissociative fugue

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TOPIC 13 COGNITIVE DISORDER

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  1. TOPIC 13 COGNITIVE DISORDER

  2. COGNITIVE DISORDERS • Dissociative disorder involve changes or disturbances in identity, memory or consciousness that affect the ability to maintain an integrated sense of self. • This include: • Dissociative identity disorder • Dissociative amnesia • Dissociative fugue • Depersonalization disorder

  3. BRAIN IMPAIRMENT IN ADULTS • DELIRIUM • DEMENTIA • AMNESTIC • OTHER COGNITIVE DISORDER

  4. DELIRIUM • Is an acute confusional state that lies between normal wakefulness and stupor or coma • Criteria • Disturbance of consciousness • A change in cognition that is not related to dementia • The disturbance develops over a short period of time and tends to fluctuate over the course of the day • Treatment • Medication, environmental manipulation and family support

  5. DEMENTIA • Dementia implies loss and is characterized by a decline from a previously attained level of functioning • Cause of Dementia • Parkinson Disease • Huntington’s Disease • Alzheimer’s Disease • Dementia from HIV-1 infection • Vascular Dementia

  6. AMNESTIC SYNDROME • The characteristics feature of amnestic syndrome is strikingly disturbed memory. • Short term memory is typically so impaired that the person is unable to recall events that took place only a few minutes previously.

  7. AMNESTIC SYNDROME • Criteria for Amnestic Disorder • The development of memory impairment • The memory disturbance causes significant impairment in functioning and represents a decline from a previous level of functioning • The memory disturbance doesn’t occur exclusively during the course of delirium or dementia

  8. AMNESTIC SYNDROME • Causes: • Chronic alcohol use • Associated deficiency in vitamin B1 • Head trauma • Stroke • Surgery in the temporal lobe area of the brain • Hypoxia • Some forms of brain infection

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