organic disorders Flashcards
1
Q
what are acute organic disorders ?
A
delirium
organic mood disorder
organic psychotic disorder
2
Q
what are chronic organic mental disorders ?
A
dementia
amnesic syndrome
organic personality change
3
Q
what are presenting features of delirium ?
A
impaired attention/concentration anterograde memory impairment disorientation fluctuating levels of arousal disordered sleep disorganised thinking perceptual distortions changes in mood
4
Q
what causes delirium ?
A
infection meds drugs/alcohol metabolic vitamin deficiency endocrinopathies neuro toxins SLE
5
Q
what is amnesic syndrome ?
A
preserved global intellect anterograde amnesia retrograde amnesia preserved registration preserved procedural memory
6
Q
what causes amnesic syndrome ?
A
hippocampal damage - HSV, anoxia, surgery, PCA occlusion, trauma, alzheimers
diencephalic damage - Korsakoff’s, tumours, thalamic infarction, SAH
