Exam 14: Neurocognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging

What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? Explain the physical process of this disease and the role of the prion.

Discuss the nature of cognitive disorders and briefly describe the various types of neurocognitive disorders.

Fran's boyfriend Mark has been brought to the hospital in a delirious state. Mark, age 18, is a first-year college student and has no known psychiatric or medical problems. He seemed fine before going out with his fraternity brothers and he has not been involved in any accident. What might the doctors evaluating Mark initially consider as a possible cause of his delirium?

Which of the following are abnormal protein deposits that form within the nucleus of cells in parts of the brain, disrupting brain processes that control memory and motor control?

Difficulties in maintaining balance while walking is called ______.

In its later stages, dementia due to HIV disease resembles the deficits found in ______.

John is a 74-year-old retiree whose wife died two years ago. He lives alone. He has complained to his primary care physician of numerous physical problems, sleep problems, And memory problems. Alzheimer's disease was ruled out by a psychiatrist specializing In the elderly who probably instead primarily diagnosed John as having ______.

Sufferers of Parkinson's disease are particularly prone to developing ______.

The finding that the form of dementia known as general paresis was caused by a bacterium was important for the development and strengthening of which of the following?

Memory for ______ would be particularly reduced in the elderly.

Discuss the features and causes of amnesia. Differentiate between the two types of amnesia presented in the text.

In amnesia, people's memory ______ and intellectual functioning ______.

Which of the following differentiates delirium from dementia or other forms of major neurocognitive disorder?

A cerebrovascular accident (CVA), occurs when part of the brain becomes damaged because of a disruption in its blood supply.

In a study of elderly African Americans, it was found that compared to women, men experienced ______ institutional racism and ______ collective racism.

Vascular neurocognitive disorder is most similar in its symptoms to ______.

According to the textbook, delirium may also occur due to exposure to which of the following?

When part of the brain becomes damaged as a result of a disruption of blood supply, it is called a(n) ______.

Blockage of the blood vessels supplying the brain is called ______.

The most common sleep problem faced by the elderly is ______.