PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hypokinesia, Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Suicidal Ideation
7 Dec 2017
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Dementia: gradual deterioration of intellectual abilities and cognitive functioning can"t be diagnosed after one meeting because you have to see them deteriorate over time, step wise vs. slowly progressive deterioration. Very noticeable changes; e. g. vascular dementia is this way, with the strokes. Prevalence of alzheimer"s and other forms of dementia is 8% Con rmed risk factors for alzheimer"s were a family history of it, head trauma, and lower education. 1/2 of canadians with dementia are institutionalized. There are over 60,000 new cases of dementia per year because of baby boomers. Average life expectancy is always increasing and so does prevalence because they say that eventually, everyone will have dementia in their lives. Alzheimer"s, men die rst because they are laying in bed not doing anything and lose their functional independence earlier - being bedridden kills you: most common type (55-80% of all dementias) Neuropsychological progression: memory, naming, visual spatial disorder (executive skills are somewhat normal early)
