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an autonomic emergency leading to increased blood pressure, tachycardia, sweating, convulsions, and coma

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neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: No disability is noted at this stage

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Stage 1

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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

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Rett’s Syndrome

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Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Person cannot perform ADL without cues, cannot speak in full sentences, incontinent, cannot sequence ADLs

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Stage 6

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Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Deficits are noted in all IADL, becomes increasingly forgetful, difficulty in word finding, cannot manage home independently

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Stage 4

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Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: The person complains about forgetting normal age-related information (location of objects: keys, wallet, etc.)

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Stage 2

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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

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Stage 3

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Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Person cannot function independently, demonstrates poor judgment, forgets hygiene

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Stage 5

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the state of restlessness characterized by an urgent need for movement, usually as a side effect of medication

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akathisia

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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

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tardive dyskinesia

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Reisburg’s Stages for Dementia: Person can be in a vegetative state, usually bedbound and unable to respond

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Stage 7

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the meaningless imitation of another person’s movements

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echopraxia