Neuropsychology Of Psychiatric Disorders

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anatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia

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- overall schizos weigh less
-smaller prefrontal and temporal cortex
-smaller corpus callosum
-right and left hippocampi smaller
-increased size of lateral and third ventricles

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cognitive deficits in schizophrenia

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complex attention functions: selective and sustained attention
explicit memory functions: encoding, storage, and retrieval
executive functions: planning, judgement, cognitive flexibility, and abstract reasoning

consistent with dysfunction in prefrontal and temporal lobe dysfunction

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neuropsychological defecits most commonly seen in major depressive illness

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-attention and working memory
-explicit memory involving both encoding and retrieval processes
-executive functions: cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning, and verbal/ word fluency
-motor speed

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most common referral issue in adult clinical neuropsychology

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differential diagnosis of depression vs. dementia

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two major alcohol related cognitive disorders

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alcohol induced persisting amnestic disorder (korsakoff syndrome)

alcohol induced persisting dementia (AIPD)

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symptoms of apiad (korsakoff)

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- severe anterograde anesia
- retrograde amnesia with temporal gradient
- disorientation to time and place
- confabulation

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symptoms of AIPD

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- anterograde amnesia
- retrograde amnesia without temporal gradient
- deficit in one other area (language, perception, purposeful motor behavior, executive functions)