Neurocognitive Disorders

DSM conditions marked with significant declines in at least one of the cognitive domains

• Executive functioning

• Complex focus and attention

• Language and social communication skills

• Memory processing

• Learning and problem solving

• Perceptual motor skills

Delirium

• Sensory condition

• Severe disruption of consciousness

• Disorgonized and inconerent thinking, inattentiveness, and confusion

• Acute onset

Acute onset

• Rapid onset

• Very intense symptoms

• Short lived as in won’t happen for a long time

• Example: Fevers or chemical intoxication

Dementia

• Neurodegenerative condition

• Progressive intellectual decline with impaired memory and cognitive focus

• Erratic mood swings and changes in personality

• Degenerative

Degenerative

• Slow onset

• Intensifies gradually

• Long lived as in will probably be permanent

• Example: Cancer

Alzheimer’s disease

• Neurodegenerative disease

• Abnormal buildup of proteins (Lewly bodies) causing progressive Damage to neuron cells

• Gradual cognitive decline in memory retrieval and problem solving

• Inhorent speech patterns

• Changes in mood and personality

• Delusions and hallucinations

• Loss of muscie control and general deterioration of health