Dementia
Posted on
Thursday, September 13, 2007
by DSLR MASTER
Diagnostic Criteria
Impairment in short- and long-term memory
At least 1 of the following:
Impairment in abstract thinking
Impaired judgment
Other disturbances of higher cortical function
Personality change
Memory impairment and intellectual impairment caused significant social and occupational
impairments
Absence of occurrence exclusively during the course of Delirium
Either of the following:
Evidence of an organic factor causing this impaired memory and intellect
Impaired memory and intellect cannot be accounted for by any nonorganic mental disorder
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