Exam 15: Neurocognitive Disorders

Medication can also be successful in reducing disability following cerebrovascular accidents such as strokes.What is the use of drugs to break up or dissolve blood clots called?

In the UK,a test designed by Coughlan & Hollins (1985)is in wide use,and this comprises two tests of speed of information processing,verbal memory tests (list learning and story recall),and visual memory tests (design learning and figure recall).It is known as:

Some of the first signs of neurological disorders (such as dementia,brain injury or stroke)are deficits in basic cognitive functions such as perception,learning,memory,attention,language and visuo-spatial skills,and also deficits in skills that involve problem-solving,planning and engaging in goal-directed behaviour.These are known as:

Broca's aphasia consists of difficulties with word ordering which is known as:

Post-mortem studies of individuals with Parkinson's Disease suggest an association between dementia and Lewy body deposition.Lewy bodies are:

Dramatic emotional sequelae often result from brain injury,including:

Wernicke's aphasia is associated with damage to which regions of the brain?

Between 2000 and 2010 in the UK the incidence of traumatic brain injuries requiring consultant attention increased by around ______.

Symptoms of a stroke often occur very suddenly and unexpectedly.Symptoms include:

The prevalence rate of delirium in the general population is:

There appears to be a significant inherited component to Alzheimer's Disease.According to Gatz,Reynolds,Fratiglioni,Johansson et al.(2006)twin studies suggest that the heritability of the disease is between:

One form of rehabilitation training for attention deficits is known as Attention Process Training (APT).APT has been shown to be superior to basic therapeutic support in which TWO of the following ways?

The mass practice of verbal responses in which the patient may be required to communicate without gesturing or pointing to describe various objects of varying complexity is known as:

When the blood flow to the brain is impeded in some way,resulting in damage to the brain tissue fed by that blood flow,this is known as:

A deficit in the comprehension of speech involving difficulties in recognising spoken words and converting thoughts into words is known as:

A common symptom of left hemisphere damage which consists of a deficit in performing gestures to verbal command or imitation is called:

Degenerative disorders that affect cortical areas cause impairments in cognitive abilities such as:

Strokes are the third most common cause of death in the UK,and the single most common cause of disability,and over how many people currently live in the UK with a disability caused by a stroke?

On many occasions,the neurological impairments caused by HIV infection are usually minor,but over the many years that a sufferer may be hosting the virus,it may induce multiple symptoms of motor and cognitive dysfunction and create a syndrome of impairment that is known as:

Language impairments can take many forms,including which of the following?