Neurocognitive

includes language, emotion, memory, and consciousness. (Purves, 2012) Aside from leading to severe immunodeficiency (AIDS), the HIV-1 lentivirus can also lead to a spectrum of emotional and behavioral disturbances collectively known as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). While antiretroviral therapy, such as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), has managed to increase the life expectancy of infected individuals, whether it helps ameliorate the cognitive impairment that some…

disorder is changes in the mood, constant mood swings. The types of Mood disorders are bipolar, major depressive, disruptive mood dysregulation, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. The types of neurocognitive disorders are, Alzheimer's disease, delirium, major neurocognitive, and mild neurocognitive disorder. These types of disorder affect the person by having problems with memory and problem solving.…

In the DSM-5, dementia is included under major neurocognitive disorder due to stigma and not being appropriate for younger adults (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; book source). A common sign of dementia is forgetfulness. For example, my husband’s aunt has dementia, and over the years you could slowly…

It is plausible that a person’s menstrual cycle may have a correlation with concussions; this correlation is likely because progesterone is a neuroprotective drug that is produced cyclically. Based on progesterone concentration in a person’s body, physicians believe they can predict the course of a person’s concussion. In 2014, Wunderle, Hoeger, Wasserman, and Bazarian published a paper where they try to see if a person’s menstrual phase can predict the outcome of a mTBI. Wunderle, Hoeger,…

Nate Matthews Holli Jackson Sports Medicine, Period 4 November 4, 2016 ImPACT vs SCAT3 Essay In an effort to compare and contrast the ImPACT test and the SCAT3 test I'm going to point out some similarities and some differences on how they are used to assess concussions in today's athletes. First off, the ImPACT test is a computerized test and the SCAT3 is a manual pen and paper test. The SCAT3 seems like it is a little less effective than the ImPACT test. And the SCAT3 should be used more…

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (PMHN) has been the most interesting class I have taken at Baptist College thus far. With only six weeks to learn the basic knowledge of psychiatric nursing care, our instructors were still able to cover an abundant amount of information. Through this knowledge and information learned in lecture, we were able to better prepare and care for patients in the psychiatric clinical setting. Although I thoroughly enjoyed learning about psychiatric concepts of care and…

JD has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type. Additionally, she is also diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, unspecified feeding or eating disorder, insomnia, mild neurocognitive disorder due to multiple etiologies, depression, suicidal ideation, tachycardia, and psychological factors affecting other medical conditions: not eating- malnutrition, sepsis, renal failure, dehydration, and constant walking- foot ulcer. This…

memorize and recall, actually engages our brain in different ways. Although, when we develop a cognitive dysfunction, our brain starts to fog and we begin to lose those intellectual functions and we can develop a number of different neurocognitive disorders. One major neurocognitive disorder…

DOI: 8/7/2015. Patient is a 44-year-old female assistant teacher who sustained a work-related injury when she fell and hit her head on a shelf which resulted to loss of consciousness after being pushed by a child. She was subsequently diagnosed with post-consciousness syndrome and neck strain. Per the PT progress note dated 11/24/15, the patient has attended 4 sessions. Based on the medical report dated 04/07/16, the patient presents with post-concussion symptoms. She reports that she is…

disabled list policy for concussions. According to the NBA concussion policy, all players must take a baseline neurocognitive exam prior to each season. A player suspected of sustaining a concussion during play is evaluated by team medical staff in a quiet area. If diagnosed with concussion, the player will not be allowed to return to play until all symptoms are gone and a subsequent neurocognitive exam provides results that correspond with preseason baseline readings. Other professional sports…