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Psychopathology: DSM-IV-TR Cognitive Disorders
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Psychology
Graduate
06/20/2009

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Term
Delirium A
Definition
Disturbance of consciousness (i.e. reduced clarity of awareness of the environment with reduced ability to focus, sustain or shift attention.)
Term
Delirium B
Definition
A change in cognition (such as memory deficit, disorientation, language disturbance, or the development of a perceptual disturbance that is not better accounted for by a preexisting established or evolving dementia.
Term
Delirium C
Definition
The disturbance develops over a short period of time (usually hours to days) and tends to fluctuate during the course of the day.
Term
Delirium D
Definition
The criteria that specifies the etiology of the delirium. Either general medical condition, substance intoxication, substance withdrawal, or multiple etiologies.
Term
What are some differences between a dementia and a delirium?
Definition
1)The person with dementia alone is alert and does not have the disturbance in consciousness that is characteristic of delirium.

2) In delirium the onset of symptoms is much more rapid (i.e. over hours to days whereas in dementia the onset is typically more gradual.

3)Delirium symptom severity characteristically fluctuates during a 24 hour period, dementia symptom severity generally does not.
Term
Dementia A
Definition
The development of multiple cognitive deficits manifested by both:
Term
Dementia A1
Definition
Memory impairment(limited ability to learn new information or to recall previously learned information)
Term
Dementia A2
Definition
one or more of the following cognitive disturbances:

a) aphasia
b) apraxia
c) agnosia
d) disturbance in executive functioning (planning, organizing, sequencing, abstratcing)
Term
Aphasia
Definition
language disturbance, impairment of speech and of comprehension of speech
Term
Apraxia
Definition
Inability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor function.
Term
Agnosia
Definition
Failure to recognize or identify objects despite intact sensory function
Term
Dementia B
Definition
The cognitive deficits in criteria A1/A2 each cause significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and represent a significant decline from a previous level of functioning.
Term
Alzheimer's Dementia C
Definition
Course is characterized by gradual onset and continuing cognitive decline
Term
Alzheimer's Dementia D
Definition
A1/A2 deficits are NOT due to other CNS conditions

or systemic conditions that are known to cause dementia, substance-induced conditions.
Term
Alzheimer's Dementia E/Other dementia D
Definition
Deficits do not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium.
Term
Vascular dementia/GMC dementia C
Definition
They have evidence of either cerebrovascular disease or another GMC. (This is the jist, the DSM has a much longer paragraph.)
Term
Amnestic Disorder A
Definition
The development of memory impairment as manifested by impairment in the ability to learn new information or the inability to recall previously learned information.
Term
Amnestic Disorder B
Definition
The memory disturbance causes significant impairment in social or occupational functioning an represents a significant decline from previous level of functioning.
Term
Amnestic Disorder C
Definition
Memory disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium or a dementia. (For substance induced it persists beyond usual duration of intoxication/withdrawal)
Term
Amnestic Disorder D
Definition
The etiology criteria. Either due to GMC(incl trauma), persisting effects of substance use
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