Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders (Ch10) Flashcards
an autonomic emergency leading to increased blood pressure, tachycardia, sweating, convulsions, and coma
neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: No disability is noted at this stage
Stage 1
Disorder in girls involving progressive encephalopathy, with the following symptoms: deterioration of language that may plateau at 1 yr old level; loss of purposeful hand movements and development of stereotypical movements; muscle tone is hypotonic, progressing to spastic and rigid; ataxic, stiff gait; irregular breating; seizures common
Rett’s Syndrome
Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Person cannot perform ADL without cues, cannot speak in full sentences, incontinent, cannot sequence ADLs
Stage 6
Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Deficits are noted in all IADL, becomes increasingly forgetful, difficulty in word finding, cannot manage home independently
Stage 4
Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: The person complains about forgetting normal age-related information (location of objects: keys, wallet, etc.)
Stage 2
Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Beginning signs and deficits, including difficulty completing complex tasks, navigating to new location, forgetting important information for the first time ever
Stage 3
Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Person cannot function independently, demonstrates poor judgment, forgets hygiene
Stage 5
the state of restlessness characterized by an urgent need for movement, usually as a side effect of medication
akathisia
a neurological disorder resulting from long-term or high-dose use of antipsychotic medications characterized by abnormal, involuntary, irregular movements of the head, limbs and trunk, often presenting as slow, rhythmic, automatic, stereotyped movements
tardive dyskinesia
Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Person can be in a vegetative state, usually bedbound and unable to respond
Stage 7
the meaningless imitation of another person’s movements
echopraxia
