Cognitive Disorders Flashcards
What are cognitive disorders
Cognitive function is impaired via some BIOLOGICAL cause
Where are many of the cognitive disorders located in the DSM-5, and is that used to diagnosis these people
Mild or mafor neurocognitive disorder with specific symptoms, No because it’s more MEDICAL
What is mild neurocognitive disorder
Cognitive decline, concern, impairment, DOES NOT interfere with capacity for independence
What is Major neurocognitive disorder
Signigicant decline, concer, substantial impairment, INTERFERES with independenceQh
wHAT IS aLZHEIMER’S DISEASE
PROGRESSIVE losse of memory and intellectual functiong, personality changes, and death
How many people does alzheimer’s disease affect over age 65
10%
Is Alzheimer’s disease a natural consequence of aging
No
Here are some notes about Alzheimer’s disease
Memories are identy, no cure, dagerous, different roles, emotional hard, hostal, US is independent, expensive, sandwich generation
What is the DSM criteria for Alzheimer’s disease
Gradual progression of impaitment in cognitive domains, not better explained by other things
What is the difference between Probable Alzheimer’s disease and possible Alzheimer’s disease
Probable: Family history
Possible: NO family history
Does Alzheimer’s disease have a strong genetic basis
Yes
What are the possible biological causes of Alzheimer’s disease
Build up of BETA AMYLOID and TAU PROTEINS
Are the hypothesis for Alzheimer’s disease did called into question, why
yES BECAUSE THEY MAY BE FRAUDULANT
Why is disgnosis of alzheimer’s disease difficult
Intial symptoms are NORMAL aging, SCARED to seek diagnosis, no conclusive diagnostic TEST
What are the few tests that can be done to recognise Alzheimer’s
Brain scans, blood tests for biomarkers
Can the blood tests predict dementia
No
Why is alzheimer’s disease hard to treat
By the time they are symptomatic that are fairly ADVANCED
Does onset and progression cary for pts with Alzheimer’s
Yes
How many people get alzheimer’s disease before 65
1%
What can change the speed of progess of alzheimer’s disease
Level of cognitive activity throughout adulthood
What do most treatments of Alzheimer’s try to do
Slow the progress of the disease
What drugs can help to slow down progress of dementia
Acetylcholine, anti-inflammatory
Where does most traumatic brain injuries happen (TBI)
Military and sports
What sports are most at risk for TBI
Football, hockey, soccor headers
What are the two types of concussive events
Single and repeated
What are the symptoms of TBI
amnesia, language problems, depression
What can TBI lead to
chronic traumative encephalopathy (CTE)
What is brain fog
Common symptom of long covid, problems with memory, function, fatigue
What does brain fog from long covid mean
Naural inflammtion and inflammations role in cognitive disorder
What strands where the strongest for brain fog from long covid
The first years, 7 point IQ drop
What is aphasia
Inability to produce or comprehend language
What is the most common cause of aphasi
stroke or brain injury
What is blobal aphasia
produce little language and can barley understand anything
What is broca’s aphasia
Impaiment in production of speech
What is wernicke’s aphasia
Fluent but disorganized output
What is agnosia
Inability to recognize and indentify objects
What is prosopagnosia
face bildness
What is amnestic disorders
Disturbances of memory function from a BIOLOGICAL cause
Why is amnestic disorders different than dissociative
Bc dissociative is psychological
Is memory essential to life
Yes
What are the categories of amnestic disorders
Anter/retrograde
What is anterodrage
Can’t make NEW memories
What is retrograde
Loss of PAST memories
What is the most common form of amnestic disorders
Anterograde
What are the two different types of memories
Eprisodic and proxedural
What is edpisodic memory
Moments in our lives
What is procedural memory
Automatic things
What type of memory is more likely to be lost
Episodic
What are some causes of amnestic disorders
Hypoxia, infarction, Korsakoff’s
What is korsakoff’s syndrome
Thiamine deficiency in ALCOHOLISM
Who is Clive waring
Has both profound antero/retrograde amnesia
