Psychopathology

Question 1

encephalopathy

Answer 1

a disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).

Question 2

amnestic disorders

Answer 2

are a group of disorders that involve loss of memories previously established, loss of the ability to create new memories, or loss of the ability to learn new information.

Question 3

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Answer 3

Korsakoff syndrome is a chronic memory disorder caused by severe deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B-1). Korsakoff syndrome is most commonly caused by alcohol misuse, but certain other conditions also can cause the syndrome.

Question 4

Wernicke’s encephalopathy

Answer 4

can then evolve into a permanent memory disorder called Korsakoff’s Amnestic Disorder

Question 5

nystagmus

Answer 5

rapid involuntary movements of the eyes

Question 6

Approximately 80% of patients with Wernicke’s encephalopathy develop

Answer 6

Korsakoff’s Psychosis

Question 7

Alcohol Amnestic Disorder (Korsakoff’s Psychosis)

Answer 7

is a chronic condition with both retrograde and anterograde amnesia