Cognitive Disorders Flashcards
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Cognitive
disorders refer to conditions that affect a person’s (3)
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A progressive neurological
disorder than causes memory loss, confusion, and
cognitive decline.
Alzheimer’s disease
An umbrella term for conditions that impair
memory, problem-solving, and language skills, often
seen in Older adults.
Dementia
Cognitive impairments
caused by physical damage to the brain due to
accidents or trauma.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Cognitive
issues eutin from reduced blood flow to the brain
Stroke-related cognitive impairment
While primarily a movement
disorder, it can also affect memory, decision-making,
and attention.
Parkinson’s disease
Conditions like dyslexia or
ADHD that impact specific cognitive functions related
to education and focus.
Learning disorders
Memory loss due to injury, illness, or
psychological factors
amnesia
It is a syndrome that involves a disturbance of
consciousness accompanied by a change in
cognition.
delirium
Clients with delirium have difficulty paying attention,
are easily distracted and disoriented, and may have
sensory disturbances such as (3)
Illusions
misinterpretations
hallucinations
age group most frequently
diagnosed with delirium
Elderly patients
It refers to a disease process marked by progressive
cognitive impairment with no change in the level of
consciousness.
Dementia
COGNITIVE DISTURBANCES (3)
Mild Neuro Cognitive Disorder
Major Neuro Cognitive Disorder
Dementia
It refers to a mild cognitive decline, and a modest
impairment of performance that doesn’t prevent
independent
living
but
accommodation or assistance.
Mild Neuro Cognitive Disorder
It refers to a significant cognitive decline and a
substantial impairment in performance that interferes
with activities of daily independent living.
Major Neuro Cognitive Disorder
type of dementia where Confusion is apparent, along with
progressive memory loss.
Moderate Dementia
hallmark of beginning mild dementia
Forgetfulness
type of dementia.
May be delusional, wander at night, forget the names of his or her spouse and children, and require assistance with ADLs.
Severe Dementia
Common Types of Dementia and the known or Hypothesized
Causes (9)
- Alzheimer disease
- Lewy body dementia
- Vascular Dementia
- Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
- Prion diseases
- HIV infection leading to Dementia and other Neurologic
problems. - Parkinson disease
- Huntington disease
- Traumatic brain injury
It is an inherited, dominant gene disease that
primarily involves cerebral atrophy, demyelination,
and enlargement of the brain ventricles
Huntington disease
It is a degenerative brain disease that particularly
affects the frontal and temporal lobes and results in a
clinical picture similar to that of Alzheimer disease.
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration originally called Pick
disease
is a progressive brain disorder that has a gradual
onset but causes an increasing decline in functioning, including
loss of speech,
Alzheimer disease
It involves altered vision loss of coordination abnormal
movement and dementia that usually progresses rapidly a few months.
Prion diseases
Has symptoms similar To those of Alzheimer
disease, but onset is. typically abrupt, followed by
rapid changes in functioning
Vascular Dementia
