ORIENTATION, ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION

Question 1

Realization of:
– Time
– Place
– Persons
– Situation.

Answer 1

Orientation

Question 2

These terms are used for describing the experience that certain objects are in the center of consciousness, whilst others lie more towards the periphery.

Answer 2

Attention and Concentration

Question 3

Attention may be disturbed in various ways

Answer 3

difficult to arouse the attention of the patient

Difficult to maintain or keep the attention of the patient due to distractibility

Distractibility

Question 4

a) states of disturbed consciousness (e.g. confusion)

b) self absorption due to depression or schizophrenia.

Answer 4

difficult to arouse the attention of the patien

Question 5

a disorder of attention in which the patient gives attention to every passing stimulus

Answer 5

Distractibility

Question 6

Types of Attention

Answer 6

Active (voluntary) * Passive (involuntary).

Question 7

active attention is often good, while passive attention is poor i.e. object in the center of consciousness is observed, while those towards the periphery are not

Answer 7

In organic disease

Question 8

(e.g. schizophrenia) the patient does not pay attention to what the doctor says to him and at the same time he pays attention to what the nurses talk about.

Answer 8

In Psychogenic diseases