HLTHAGE 3N03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cognitive Training, Dsm-5, Executive Functions
18 Sep 2019
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Cognition: attention; language; visual-spatial skills; learning; memory; decision making; social cognition; executive functioning. Cognitive functioning hierarchy (top to bottom) (complex to simple: executive functioning (most complex, memory, language and visuospatial skills, attention (simplest) Delirium: diagnostic criteria: disturbance in attention and awareness, develops quickly (hours to a few days, disturbance in other areas of cognition, other disorder doesn"t explain disturbance, does not occur in context of severely reduced level of arousal (ex. Types: hyperactive, restlessness; hallucinations; refusal to cooperate with others; pacing, hypoactive, reduced motor activity; sluggishness; drossiness, mixed, switching back and forth from hyper and hypo. Delirium: causes: acute illnesses urinary tract infection; fever, medication intoxication/withdrawal, central nervous system conditions (stroke, cardiovascular disorders, dehydration, metabolic disturbance, environmental factors, transition in care, move into long-term facility. Mild neurocognitive disorder: diagnosis, types: don"t interfere with capacity for independence in daily activities but some deficits may require extra effort, compensatory strategies, or accommodation of person.
