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Pseudodementia (otherwise known as depression-related cognitive dysfunction or depressive cognitive disorder) is a condition that leads to cognitive and functional impairment imitating dementia that is secondary to psychiatric disorders, especially depression. Pseudodementia can develop in a wide range of neuropsychiatric disease such as ...
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia, a group of diseases involving progressive neurodegeneration of the central nervous system. [ 11] It is one of the two Lewy body dementias, along with Parkinson's disease dementia. [ 12] Dementia with Lewy bodies can be classified in other ways.
Prolonged grief disorder ( PGD ), also known as complicated grief ( CG ), [ 1] traumatic grief ( TG) [ 2] and persistent complex bereavement disorder ( PCBD) in the DSM-5, [ 3] is a mental disorder consisting of a distinct set of symptoms following the death of a family member or close friend (i.e. bereavement ).
Before his suicide, he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, [22] and according to his widow, Susan Schneider Williams, he experienced depression, anxiety, and increasing paranoia. [23] Upon autopsy, his widow said he was found to have diffuse Lewy body disease, [22] [23] [24] while the autopsy used the term diffuse Lewy body dementia. [25]
Posterior cortical atrophy ( PCA ), also called Benson's syndrome, is a rare form of dementia which is considered a visual variant or an atypical variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD). [ 1][ 2][ 3] The disease causes atrophy of the posterior part of the cerebral cortex, resulting in the progressive disruption of complex visual processing. [ 4]
v. t. e. Benzodiazepine use disorder ( BUD ), also called misuse or abuse, [ 1] is the use of benzodiazepines without a prescription and/or for recreational purposes, which poses risks of dependence, withdrawal and other long-term effects. [ 2][ 3] Benzodiazepines are one of the more common prescription drugs used recreationally.
Caregiver syndrome or caregiver stress is a condition that strongly manifests exhaustion, anger, rage, or guilt resulting from unrelieved caring for a chronically ill patient. [ 1] This condition is not listed in the United States' Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, although the term is often used by many healthcare ...
Radiation-induced cognitive decline describes the possible correlation between radiation therapy and cognitive impairment. Radiation therapy is used mainly in the treatment of cancer. Radiation therapy can be used to cure, care or shrink tumors that are interfering with quality of life. Sometimes radiation therapy is used alone; other times it ...