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1 INTRODUCTION

2 Alzheimer’s disease

3 Vascular disease

4 Huntington’s disease

5 Major/mild disorder

6 Lewy body disease

7 prion diseas(mad cow disease)

8 dementia(NCD) due to HIV infection

9 dementia (NCD) due to traumatic brain injury

10 dementia(NCD) due to substance use/medication

11 conclusion

12 reference list

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1 QUESTION

CRITICALLY DISCUSS THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN

DIAGNOSING A PATIENT WITH A NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER (NCD). YOUR

DISCUSSION SHOULD INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE TWO MOST PROMINENT

NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS NAMELY VASCULAR DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER’S

DEMENTIA, THE VARIOUS DOMAINS THAT CAN BE AFFECTED AS WELL AS THE

CROSS-CULTURAL FACTORS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION

Factors to be considered when diagnosing a patient with Neurocognitive disorders

(Dementia)

1. INTRODUCTION

Neurocognitive disorder (NCD) is a reduction or impairment of cognitive

function in one of the areas such as, neural pathways, or cortical network

in the brain. It is a disorder that is mainly related or found in cognition, as

it includes memory, language, orientation, judgment, problem-solving,

planning, the ability to have interpersonal relations and perform actions

(referred to as praxis) . for example, when a person is experiencing or has

significant regular trouble in this areas of cognition which disrupts their

daily functioning. It may be due to a neurocognitive disorder, that can be

caused by head injury( due to a motor vehicle accidents, gunshot to the

head or from a fall), medical condition such as HIV/AIDS, or the misuse or

abuse of substances (e.g alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, illicit drugs and many

more).

Neurocognitive disorder can be classified as different kinds of disorders

due to its symptoms and factors attributed to the disorder and severity,

namely: NCD due to Alzheimer’s disease, NCD due to Vascular...