Neuropsychiatry Flashcards
DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria of a Major Neurocognitive Disorder?
A - evidence of significant cognitive decline from a previous level of performance in 1+ cognitive domains (complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor, or social cognition) based on 1. Concern of the individual, a knowledgeable informant, or the clinician that there has been a significant decline in cognitive function and 2. Substantial impairment in cognitive performance, preferably documented by standardized neuropsychological testing or, in its absence, another quantified clinical assessment
B - deficits interfere with independence in everyday activities
C - deficits do not occur exclusively in the context of a delirium
D - cognitive deficits are not better explained by another mental disorder
Specified etiologies of major neurocognitive disorder?
Alzheimer's disease Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Lewy body disease Vascular disease TBI Substance/medication use HIV Prion disease Parkinson's disease Huntington's disease Another medical condition Multiple etiologies Unspecified
DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria of a Minor Neurocognitive Disorder?
A - evidence of MODEST cognitive decline from a previous level of performance in 1+ cognitive domains (complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual-motor, or social cognition) based on 1. Concern of the individual, a knowledgeable informant, or the clinician that there has been a significant decline in cognitive function and 2. MODEST impairment in cognitive performance, preferably documented by standardized neuropsychological testing or, in its absence, another quantified clinical assessment
B - deficits DO NOT INTERFERE with independence in everyday activities
C - deficits do not occur exclusively in the context of a delirium
D - cognitive deficits are not better explained by another mental disorder
List 4 changes to memory and other neuropsychological function that is a part of normal aging.
- Mild, relative memory impairment (forgetfulness of people’s names, delayed recall of newly-learned lists)
- Shortened attention span
- Slowed learning
- Decreased ability to perform complex tasks
List 7 changes to memory and other neuropsychological function that are NOT a part of normal aging.
- Vocabulary
- Language ability
- Reading comprehension
- Fund of knowledge
- Social deportment
- Political and religious beliefs
- IQ
Changes to sleep as part of normal aging?
Fragmented, less stage 4, phase-advanced
Changes to muscles, reflexes, gait, senses as part of normal aging?
Less muscle mass
Decreased DTRs
“Senile gait”
Sensory deterioration
List 10 general categories of dementias (+ additional DDx)
- Neurodegenerative
- Vascular
- Hydrocephalus
- Traumatic
- Neoplastic
- Infectious
- AI
- Demyelinating
- Substances
- Metabolic
Other - sleep (OSA, sleep disorders affect cognition, can be mistaken for neurocognitive disorder), thyroid and other endocrine conditions, vasculitis, sarcoidosis
List 7 Neurodegenerative dementias.
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Frontotemporal dementia (and its subtypes)
- Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia
- Parkinson syndromes and multiple system atrophy
- Corticobasal degeneration
- Wilson’s disease
- White matter disease
- Huntington’s
List 4 Vascular dementias.
- Post-stroke dementia
- CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy)
- Strategic infarct dementia
- Subclinical vascular brain injury
List 2 causes of hydrocephalus dementia.
- NPH
2. Obstructive
List 2 causes of traumatic dementia.
- Subdural hematoma
2. TBI
List 2 neoplastic causes of dementia.
- Brain tumor
2. Paraneoplastic
List 3 infectious causes of dementia.
- Syphilis
- HIV
- Encephalitides (and many more)
List 1 cause of AI dementia.
SLE
Alzheimer’s Disease accounts for ___% of dementias in older individuals. ___% of patients with AD are 65 years or older.
60-70; 90
Clinical features of Alzheimer Disease?
Difficulty encoding new material
Changes in language, visuospatial, executive/social functioning with disease progression
Progressive retrograde memory loss
DSM5 criteria for Alzheimer’s Disease?
A - criteria met for major or mild neurocognitive disorder
B - insidious onset and gradual progression of impairment in 1+ cognitive domains (for major, at least 2 must be impaired)
C - criteria are met for either probable or possible AD as follows
-For Major Neurocognitive Disorder: probable if either 1. Evidence of causative genetic mutation from family history or genetic testing
2. Clear evidence of a decline in memory and learning and at least 1 other cognitive domain + steadily progressive, gradual decline in cognition, without extended plateaus + no evidence of mixed etiology
-Possible otherwise
D - Cognitive deficits cause significant impairment in functioning and represent a significant decline from a previous level
E. Gradual onset and continuing cognitive decline
F. Cognitive deficits not due to other CNS conditions that cause progressive deficits in memory or cognition, systemic conditions known to cause dementia, or substance-induced conditions
G. Deficits do not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium
H. Disturbance is not better accounted for by another Axis I disorder
Early cognitive features of AD?
- Deficient verbal and visual encoding
- Impaired delayed recall
- Concrete thinking
- Mild anomia (difficulty naming objects)
Early neuropsychiatric features of AD?
-Apathy (up to 3 years prior to dx)
-Depressed mood (can predate cognitive decline by 10 years)
-Anxiety (apprehension, inner nervousness)
Irritability (4.6% in normal elderly, 42% in AD)
Later cognitive features of AD?
- Transcortical sensory aphasia (similar to Wernicke’s, but with intact repetition)
- Decline in IADLs, then ADLs
- Appetite loss
- Sleep-wake cycle disturbance
- Immobilization
Later neuropsychiatric features of AD?
- Disinhibition
- Aberrant motor behaviors
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Agitation
- Aggression
- Psychosis (common, delusional themes of paranoia, theft, infidelity, misidentification syndromes)
List medication treatment options for AD.
- Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
- Memantine
- Treat symptoms
List 3 acetylcholinesterase inhibitors + MOA.
- Donepezil
- Galantamine
- Rivastigmine
Increase availability of ACh at synaptic cleft (involved in memory systems)
MOA of memantine?
Weak NMDA receptor blocker, prevents deleterious effects of continuous toxic levels of glutamate, while allowing large glutamate surges to exert required cognitive effect
Treatment of depression and anxiety in AD?
- SSRIs (especially citalopram, sertraline, escitalopram, AVOID paroxetine)
- Avoid benzos (cognitive issues, falls)
Treatment of agitation/aggression in AD?
- Environmental management
- SSRIs
- Antipsychotics
- Occasionally mood stabilizers?
Treatment of psychosis in AD?
Typically risperidone, quetiapine
Next - olanzapine, aripiprazole
Increased risk of stroke, death with antipsychotics
Treatment of sleep issues in AD?
Limited data for trazodone, quetiapine, mirtazapine, risperidone, zolpidem, olanzapine
What other dementia is often comorbid with AD and presents with a mixed picture?
Vascular dementia
Classic clinical presentation of vascular dementia?
Step-wise deterioration (with plateaus), often with some focal neurological signs
MRI with clear lesions
Cause of 15-20% of late-onset dementias?
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Clinical features of Dementia with Lewy Bodies?
- Severely impaired attention, visuospatial, and visuoperceptual abilities
- Less memory impairment
- Cognitive fluctuations much worse
- Parkinsonism
- Early falls, presyncopal episodes
- REM behavior disorder (no paralysis, act our dreams)
- Sensitivity to neuroleptics