PSYC 235 Study Guide - Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Episodic Memory, Semantic Memory
11 Apr 2013
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> implicit memory; memory for actions & skills. Affects cognitive processes such as learning, memory and consciousness. Develop later in life: delirium: temporary condition displayed as confusion & disorientation, dementia: degenerative condition marked by broad cognitive deterioration, amnestic disorder: memory dysfunctions caused by diseases, drugs or toxins. From organic mental disorders to cognitive disorders. Broad impairments in memory, attention, perception, and thinking. Delirium: impaired consciousness & cognition during several hours/days. Ex: confusion, disorientation, attention, memory & language deficits. Prevalent in older adults, aids & medical patients (65 years old -> 10%) 44% of people with dementia have atleast 1 episode of delirium. Infections, head injury and forms of brain trauma. Small amount of individuals continue to have problems on and off some even lapse into a coma and die (common last symptom of terminally ill patients) Delirium can be brought on by improper use of medication. Ex anticholinergic effects are associated with severe delirium in the elderly.
