PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Syphilis, Vascular Dementia, Precuneus
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Chapter 16: issues specific to therapy with older adults. Age effects: the consequences of being a given age chronological age. Ageism: discrimination against someone because of his or her age. Alzheimer"s disease: a dementia involving a progressive atrophy of cortical tissue and marked by memory impairment, involuntary movements of limbs, occasional convulsions, intellectual deterioration, and psychotic behaviour. Cognitive reserve hypothesis: the theory that high education levels delay in clinical expression of dementia because the brain develops backup or reserve neural structures as a form of neuroplasticity. Cohort effects: the consequences of having been born in a given year and having grown up during a particular time period with its own unique pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities. Cross sectional studies: studies in which different age groups are compared at the same time. Delirium: a state of great mental confusion in which consciousness is clouded, attention cannot be sustained, and the stream of thought and speech is incoherent.
