Neurocognitive Disorders

Question 1

Which diagnosis do these criteria belong to?
● A disturbance in attention and awareness
● Develops over a short time period
● Includes disturbance in cognition
● Can resolve rapidly when treated

Answer 1

Delirium

Question 2

a term essentially replaced by
Major Neurocognitive Disorder in DSM-5

Answer 2

Dementia

Question 3

Organic brain damage (e.g. Alzheimer’s,
Vascular disease, HIV, Trauma Induced,
Substance Induced, Parkinson,
Huntington’s etc.)

Answer 3

Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders