PSYC 235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Dsm-5, Traumatic Brain Injury

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 235
• Professor: Amanda Maracle

Document Summary

Declarative memory: episodic memory: memory for events, places, emotions, semantic memory: memory for the ideas & concepts unrelated to personal experience. Procedural memory: implicit memory; memory for actions & skills. Decline can start in early- to mid-twenties. Several skills change during normal (healthy aging: change is different when have disorder e. g. , faster decline (different rate) Also related to level of education: the more cognitively stimulated you are, the more protected you are, & the longer you can protect from cognitive decline. Linked as a type of neurocognitive disorder (mild or major) By year 5 of illness, people have difficulty in almost every cognitive function (e. g. , learning, fluency, naming, drawing, executive, working memory) Decreased ability to perform functional skills: driving, household chores, employment. Increased stress in interpersonal relationships: marriage, friendships. In earlier dsm editions, neurocognitive disorders were defined as organic mental disorders along with mood, anxiety, personality, hallucinosis, & delusional disorders: organic indicated that brain damage/dysfunction was believed to be involved.