Evaluation And Treatment Of Cognitive Dysfunction Flashcards
1
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Why do we assess cognition
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Measure baseline, progress, and outcome. Understand patients cognitive strengths, weaknesses, and capacity for strategy use to plan interventions.
2
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Cognitive performance is based on what variables
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Neurobiological, affective; emotional expression, cultural, task, environmental
3
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What is axox4
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Person, situation, place, time
4
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What is explicit memory
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Ability to recite info like words or events earlier in the day
5
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What is semantic memory
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General fund of knowledge; language, social behavior
6
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What is retrograde amnesia
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Can’t recall before accident
7
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What is anterograde amnesia
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Can’t recall after accident
8
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What is anosognosia
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Lack of insight to own condition
