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