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| a class of psychological disorders characterized by impairment in cognitive abilities and daily functioning in which biological causation is either known or presumed. |
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| True. The tumor caused dysfunction in the parts of his brain that processed visual information so that he became unable to recognize familiar objects by sight. |
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| A man with a brain tumor patted the heads of the hydrants and parking meters in the belief that they were children. |
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| a disturbance of sensory perception, usually affecting visual perception |
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| profound deterioration of mental functioning, characterized by impaired memory, thinking, judgment, and language use |
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| False. Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It is caused by an underlying disease affecting brain functioning. |
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| Dementia is a normal part of the aging process. |
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| forms of dementia that begin after age 65 |
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| forms of dementia that begin at or before age 65 |
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| a state of mental confusion, disorientation, and inability to focus attention |
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| disturbances of memory associated with inability to learn new material or recall past events or personal information |
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| After a motorcycle accident, a medical student failed to recognize the woman he had married a few weeks earlier. |
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| loss or impairment of ability to recall past events |
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| loss or impairment of ability to form or store new memories |
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| decreased supply of oxygen to the brain or other organs |
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| the development of an infarct, or area of dead or dying tissue, resulting from the blocking of blood vessels normally supplying the tissue |
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| a syndrome associated with chronic alcoholism that is characterized by memory loss and disorientation (also called alcohol-induced persisting amnestic disorder) |
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| a brain disorder, associated with chronic alcoholism, characterized by confusion, disorientation, and difficulty maintaining balance while walking |
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| loss of muscle coordination |
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| Anxiety disorders are the most common psychological disorders among older adults, even more common than depression. |
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| a progressive brain disease characterized by gradual loss of memory and intellectual functioning, personality changes, and eventual loss of ability to care for oneself |
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| False. Occasional memory loss or forgetfulness is a normal consequence of the aging process. |
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| People who become occasionally forgetful as they age are probably suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. |
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| False. Although active research efforts are under way to develop such drugs, we lack drugs that can curb the progression of the disease or offer hope of a cure. At best, presently available drugs may slow the rate of cognitive decline. |
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| Fortunately, we now have drugs that can halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease or even cure it in some cases. |
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| cerebrovascular accident (CVA) |
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| a stroke, or brain damage resulting from a rupture or blockage of a blood vessel supplying oxygen to the brain |
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| dementia resulting from repeated strokes that cause damage in the brain |
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| impaired ability to understand or express speech |
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| a form of dementia, similar to Alzheimer's disease, but distinguished by specific abnormalities (Pick's bodies) in nerve cells and the absence of neurofibrillary tangles and plaques |
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| a progressive disease characterized by muscle tremor and shakiness, rigidity, difficulty walking, poor control of fine motor movements, lack of facial muscle tone, and in some cases, cognitive impairment |
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| an inherited degenerative disease that is characterized by jerking and twisting movements, paranoia, and mental deterioration |
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| True. The folksinger and songwriter was Woody Guthrie, whose Huntington's disease went undiagnosed for years. |
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| A famous folksinger and songwriter was misdiagnosed with alcoholism and spent several years in mental hospitals until the correct diagnosis was made. |
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| A form of dementia is linked to mad-cow disease. |
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| a form of dementia resulting from neurosyphilis |
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