What is Dementia? Dementia is not a specific disease. Instead, it is an overall umbrella term describing a wide range of symptoms associated with a decrease in thinking skills and memory, such as memory loss, difficulties with thinking, problem-solving, and language—severe to be able to sto...
Code selection is based on the severity (e.g., mild, moderate) as well as any associated behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), non-cognitive behavioral changes (NCBC), or neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). Note: There are other codes for dementia caused by substances such as...
The international classification of disease defines it as: The repeated failure to resist an impulse, and an urge to perform an act that is rewarding in the short term but damaging in the long term [2] The Opponent-Process Theory The opponent-process theory defines it as: ...
Pharmacological Treatment of the Psychosis of Alzheimer€s Disease: What Is the Best Approach?Psychosis of Alzheimer鈧瑂 disease (PAD) forms part of the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). PAD includes symptoms of psychosis such as hallucinations or delusions, and may be ...
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The decision on whether to prescribe a drug for a BPSD syndrome depends on the chances of the drug improving the syndrome, the severity of the problem, and the cost and toxicity of the drug. When toxic or costly drugs are used or when the efficacy is fairly low, the clinician needs to...
of the disease. The disease and its pattern would sometimes skip generations. The dissipated pattern of the original disease would then manifest in future generations in other forms or DNA mutations. This inherited genetic disease patterning is known in homeopathy or in spiritual language as amiasm...
idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE); default mode network (DMN); linear connectivity; power spectral density (PSD); drug-resistant IGE (DR-IGE)1. Introduction According to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), epilepsy is a brain disorder generally defined as follows: 1—at least ...
Schizophrenia is known to be a genetic disease in the majority of cases, and the researchers drew their samples from the skin of four people with clear signs of genetic schizophrenia. Three were from families where one parent and all their siblings were also schizophrenic, and one had been ...