Exam 14: Neurocognitive Disorders and Disorders Related to Aging

Alcohol-induced irreversible memory loss due to brain damage resulting from deficiency of vitamin B1 is another name for ______.

Some cognitive functions in people with vascular dementia remain relatively intact in the early course of the disorder.

Sally has a cognitive disorder. She has memory deficits in recalling newly learned information, past personal information, and common knowledge. She also exhibits Deficiencies in abstract thinking, impaired judgment, aphasia, and apraxia. Finally, she Exhibits personality changes in which she seems almost the opposite of her normal self. Her disorder is most likely ______.

The 19th-century discovery of the connection between _____and a concrete physical illness, syphilis, strengthened the medical model and held out the promise that organic causes would eventually be found for other abnormal behavior.

Ben has Alzheimer's disease. Currently, he is having memory problems such as remembering his zip code, telephone numbers, and the names of some of his grandchildren. He also has Difficulty managing his finances because he no longer can add two numbers correctly. Although he keeps himself neatly groomed, Ben, who used to be quite outgoing, now stays at Home most of the time. Ben's Alzheimer's disease is now at the ______ level of development.

Parkinson's disease afflicts between ______ people in the United States.

There are ______ known causes of delirium.

People with a genetic variant called the _____gene stand a much higher risk of developing AD.

Folk singer Arlo Guthrie, whose father died of Huntington's disease, had the opportunity to obtain genetic testing to ascertain if he had inherited the gene that would cause this disease. What did Arlo decide and what was the outcome?

Late-stage syphilis once accounted for upward of ______ percent of admissions to psychiatric hospitals.

Which symptom would be expected in advanced cases of Alzheimer's disease?

Brain plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are common symptoms of ______.

A study of Mexican American older adults showed that those who were minimally acculturated to U.S. society had lower rates of depression than either highly acculturated or bicultural individuals. .

What activity would probably be very difficult for the actor, Michael J. Fox?

A woman is unable to process any visual information in a sensible manner. Although her eyes work fine and her brain processes the visual material so that she can "see," her brain processes The visual material in a fragmented manner so she is unable to make any sense out of what she Sees. This woman is suffering from ______.

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following is true of frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder?

The basal ganglia helps to regulate ______.

In addition to profound cognitive decline, the distinguishing features of neurocognitive disorder due to Lewy body disease, is ________________marked by frequent periods of drowsiness and staring to space, as well as recurrent visual hallucinations and rigid body movements and stiff muscles typical of Parkinson's disease.

Donepezil, a drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease, increases levels of ______, a neurotransmitter.