Psychological Disorders And Treatments

Dementia: Symptoms and Treatments   Dementia : Dementia is the syndrome including the symptoms of deterioration in thinking and in behavior ,the ability in performing daily tasks and memory       The dementia generally affects  people of older age but dementia is not a normal part of ageing. Approximately 50 million individuals in the World have dementia and approximately every year there are about 10 million new cases.  The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's disease and may comprises of 60–70% of cases. Dementia is among  the main reason  of  dependency and disability  in the people of older age worldwide . Dementia has a psychological, economic, social, and  physical  impact, not only on the people of dementia, as well as on their  careers and society  and families on  large scale . Symptoms of Dementia : Early stage:  Usually the  initial stage of dementia is generally overlooked, ...

Anterograde Amnesia In Anterograde Amnesia the individual is not be able to recall recent past. The ability of developing new memories has become lost or this may be the consequence of some event. But after the event the individual stuck with the long term memory. In the degree of forgetfulness there may be present some variations among the person's experiencing Anterograde Amnesia syndrome.  Anterograde Amensia Sometimes combined form of Retrograde Amnesia and Anterograde Amnesia called Global Amensia is present in the individuals having severe symptoms.  Procedural memory also known as nondeclarative is retained however declarative memory is generally lost in few patients. Usually they forget daily activities. Anterograde Amnesia may be due to the effect of two type of medication like benzodiazepines and other are Z-drug or non-benzodiazepine sedatives.  The hippocampus and associated cortex damage may  be developed into Anterograde Amnesia. Anterograde Amn...

Alzheimer's Disease   ( AD ) is also called  Alzheimer's , is a chronic neurodegenerative disease which at its  starts develop slowly and with the passage of time it gets worse. About 60% to 80% of cases of dementia are caused by Alzheimer's. Its primary symptoms include decline in short term memory. The person with this psychological disorder is unable to recall recent events. But as the disease advances the symptoms may include , disorientation including risk to lost easily ,  language problems, unable to manage behavioural issues and self care, mood  swings and loss of motivation. They usually withdraw from family and society as the disease advances. Body functions are lost consistently which leads person to death. There are variations in its progression. The overall expectancy of life after diagnosis is three to nine years. The death of the brain cells is the main cause of Alzheimer's, this progressive brain cell's death happens with the passage of time t...

Dissociative Disorders :   are psychological disorders that are characterized by a person becoming split off, or dissociated, from her core sense of self. The person's memory and his core sense of self become disturbed and it is because of psychological cause without any physical cause. Dissiciatve Amensia: is a psychological disorder in which the person may partially or completely forget some event. An individual with this psychological disorder is unable to recall important personal information and this is due to some traumatic event such as natural disasters, combat or becoming the victim of voilance experienced by the person. Dissociative Fugue : From french word which means to flee. It is a psychological disorder in  which the person who is suffering from dissociative Amensia suddenly wander away from his home forgetting his identity or he may adopt a new identity. Depersonalization/derealization disorder   is a psychological disorder characterized by recurrin...