Abnormal Psychology Chapter 15

cognitive disorders (CD)

3 CD types

Delirium

9 Delirium affects

4 treatment for delirium

prevention for delirium

Dementia

visuospatial skills reduction

agnosia

facial agnosia

4 Dementia STATS

5 classes of Dementia

Alzheimer's disease

5 other symptoms

2 test for alzheimers includes

4 stages

prevention includes

cerebral reserve hypothesis

3 Alzheimers

vascular dementia

11 Dementia due to other medical causes

HIV-1 disease

Parkinsons and Huntingtons

head trauma

parkinsons disease

Huntingtons disease

Picks disease

Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

4 Substance induced Dementia

6 Biological Causes of Dementia

deterministic genes

susceptibility genes

core of plaque is made up of

two mechanisms of amyloid protein build up

2 gene-environment

dementia pugilistica/ Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

5 Psychological & Social influences

5 Treatment

8 biological treatments

8 Psychosocial Treatments

2 Prevention

Amnestic disorder