Disorders of Memory

Question 1

Disorders of Memory

Answer 1

• Registration
• Retention
• Recall & Recognition

Question 2

Memory Disturbance

Answer 2

Amnesia, Paramnesia, Hypermnisia

Question 3

For recent events, for remote events, circumscribed

Answer 3

Amnesia

Question 4

Confabulation, falsification, Deja vu, jamis vu

Answer 4

Paramnesia

Question 5

Types of Amnesia

Answer 5

Anterograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia
Total amnesia
Circumscribed amnesia

Question 6

when there is loss of memory for recent events.

Answer 6

Anterograde amnesia

Question 7

when there is loss of memory for remote events.

Answer 7

Retrograde amnesia

Question 8

when there is loss of memory for all events, recent and Remote.

Answer 8

Total amnesia

Question 9

when there is loss of memory for a limited time (amnesic gap)

Answer 9

Circumscribed amnesia

Question 10

when the patient fills the gaps in his memory by fabrication i.e. by giving im aginary accounts of his activities (Thus a bed ridden patient will describe a walk which he asserts he has just taken)

Answer 10

Confabulation

Question 11

It usually occurs in organic diseases Korsakov’s syndrome which is typically seen in alcoholism).

Answer 11

Confabulation

Question 12

when the patient adds false details and meanings to a true memory.

Answer 12

Falsification (illusion of memory)

Question 13

It occurs in organic and psychiatric diseases (e.g. paranoid states).

Answer 13

Falsification (illusion of memory)

Question 14

excessive memory
the patient mentions even small unnecessary details.

Answer 14

Hypermnesia

Question 15

It is present in:
1- some normal people (geniuses)
2- some mental disorders (hypomania and paranoia).

Answer 15

Hypermnesia

Question 16

Clinical exam of Memory

Answer 16

Immediate Recall
Short-term recall
Recent
Recent past
Remotes

Question 17

5-7 digits or home address immediately

Answer 17

Immediate recall

Question 18

5-7 digits or home address at 5 min

Answer 18

Short-term recall

Question 19

what patient did past several days

Answer 19

Recent

Question 20

what patient did past few months, present President, recent news events

Answer 20

Recent past

Question 21

Childhood events, past Presidents, historical events (years)

Answer 21

Remote

Question 22

may complain of poor memory because of defective registration

Answer 22

Anxious patient

Question 23

there is failure of retention so the patient has disturbed immediate recall

Answer 23

Korsakoff’s syndrome

Question 24

recall of recent events is disturbed.

Answer 24

dementia