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Forms of neurocog. disorders in DSM |
major neurocognitive disorder mild neurocog. disorder delirium |
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cause of these disorders |
loss of cognitive ability that is presumed to be causes by brain damage or disease -deterioration of cognitive abilities |
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major ways brain can become damaged |
stressors drugs head injuries infections nutritional imbalances |
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delirium |
state of acute brain failures that lie between normal wakefulness and stupor or coma -disturbance in attention or awareness |
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key features of major neurocog. disorder (dementia) causes |
significant cognitive decline-learning, memory, language -impairment in cognitive performance
causes: alzheimers, stroke, parkinsons, brain injury |
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risk factors for alzheimers |
age, family history, genetics -nerve cell damage, brain shrinks, cortex shrivels and hippocampus shrinks |
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amnestic disorder causes |
loss of memories, inability to learn new ones
causes: structural or chemical brain changes, head trauma, tumors, stroke, disease |
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traumatic brain injury common? |
falls most common, vehicle accidents, assaults, sports, war common: affects 2 million per yr. males increased risk 15-19 |
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clinical consequences of head trauma |
unconsciousness: retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia coma: delirium personality changes |
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why important to take care of head traumas |
concussions can cause severe brain damage |
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treatments and outcomes of TBI |
surgery, medications:diuretics, anti-seizure, coma-inducing, therapy
outcomes: long-term memory issues, learning disabilities, personality changes |
