The cognitive and behavioral symptoms of the shooting incident were Henry's inability to use words effectively, process information, judgment problems, reasoning, memory, and behaviors. He had a complete personality change. Henry's motor skills, verbal skills, and behavioral skills were all changed, challenged, and had to be re-wired into his brain. This was through a process of
Unit 4222-365 Understand the process and experience of dementia (DEM 301) Outcome 1 Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia is caused by damage to the brain this can be caused many different ways such as, alcohol or drug abuse, brain injuries, depression, infection (HIV, UTI), vitamin deficiency, certain medications. different types of dementia have different causes for example Alzheimer’s is caused because the body can no longer break down proteins efficiently which affects the transmission of signals in the brain. 1.2 Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia Memory loss affects people with dementia in different ways but there are four common areas which people with dementia experience difficulties, Remembering events Most individuals who have dementia can remember the distant past more easily than whats happened in the past few months, weeks, days, hours and minutes. This is because memories decline in reverse order making newer information harder to recall. Taking in new information People with dementia find it very difficult to understand and retain new information and events.
However a limitation of this study is that the sample size is small so would be difficult to generalise because of individual differences in humans. Having said this, since Phineas Gage there have been many other similar case studies that have the same problem, for example Combat Veterans. Neurosurgery is considered an invasive method as it involves manipulating structures within the brain. The main ways neurosurgery performed are by Ablation or Lesions. Ablation involves surgically removing or destroying brain tissue, and observing the behavioural consequences.
Unit 4222-256 Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on Individuals 1.1. Acquired Brain Injury is any damage to the brain that occurs after birth. 1.2 Possible causes of Acquired Brain Injury are:- · alcohol or drugs · disease such as AIDS, Alzheimers, cancer, multiple sclerosis or Parkinsons disease · lack of oxygen caused anoxic brain injury (for e.g. injury caused by near drowning) · Physical injury such as impact (or blow) to the head, which may occur in vehicle or sporting accidents, fights or falls · stroke - when a blood vessel inside the brain breaks or is blocked destroying local brain tissue 2.1 The initial effects of Acquired Brain Injury are:- · loss of consciousness · increased fatigue (mental and physical) · communication difficulties is very common · slowing down in how fast they process information, plan and solve problems · changes to behaviour and personality, physical and sensory abilities and thinking and learning 2.2 The long term effects of Acquired Brain Injury can be different depending on the severity of the injury and the area of the brain which is affected. The main effects of brain injury can be grouped into three areas:- Physical Cognitive Emotional and Behavioural Physical Effects · fatigue - excessive tiredness, tasks such as getting dressed or walking around can require much more effort after brain injury.
Alzheimer’s disease- Alzheimer’s disease is caused by the build-up of proteins in the brain which form into “plagues and tangles”, these in turn will cause a loss of connection between nerve cells and cause cell death and loss of brain tissue. Early symptoms of Alzheimer’s can be lapses in memory, problems with language (forgetting words or their meanings) and poor visuospatial skill’s (gaging distance, ability to see in 3D). People can also suffer from depression or anxiety, they could become withdrawn and lose interest in daily activities or hobbies or have poor initiation. As the disease progresses sufferers can develop more pronounced memory problems and lose a sense of time and place, they may forget where they are or have difficulties recognising their own family. Vascular dementia- Vascular dementia is caused by the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain being interrupted causing the death of brains cells, this is called an infarct.
UNIT 4222-365 1.1 Range of causes of dementia Cells in the brain stop working, and the part of the brain that this occurs in will affect how that person thinks, remembers and communicates. The most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is caused by damage in certain areas of the brain. With time, it spreads and affects cells in other parts of the brain. The cause of the brain cells dying and the deterioration of the connectors is not fully known.
Plaques and tangles are believed to block communications to nerve cells which result in them dying. ("What is Alzheimer's?" Alzheimer's Association) After I read that I was kind of confused as to what the difference is between dementia and Alzheimer’s. I looked through this site some more to find out. I found that dementia is just any memory loss or mental disability that interferes with ones everyday life.
The left side of the brain controls how the opposite (right) side of the body, moves and feels. The left side is responsible for figuring out problems with science, understanding what we read what we hear people say, number skills. The right side of the brain controls the movements and feelings on the left side of the body. When stroke occurs in the brain stem, depending on the severity of the injury, it can affect both sides of the body and may leave someone in a ‘locked-in’ state. When a locked-in state occurs, the patient is generally unable to speak or achieve any
These stereotypes are making them seem like a genius, a beast, that they can’t hold sexual relationships, and the butt of a joke. The medical model of disability is somewhat strange and hard to understand. Judgment is based off of the person’s development be it mental or physical. When these judgments are made, people are classified as a problem to be fixed or just as an injured person who has no hope in fitting in. People with a disability are seen and said to be a personal problem to the family.
Origins of Abnormal Psychology The deinstitutionalization movement began in the 1960s where the number of psychiatric hospitals radically decreased and conditions for patients improved drastically (Hansell & Damour, 2008). “The blunt realities of mental illness shatter our most deeply held convictions about the nature of human consciousness and behavior. The mentally ill are more different than us than we can imagine and more like us than we care to admit” (Bosco, p. 131). Past methods of treatment used to help the mentally ill has faced a great deal of controversy in society and was clear during this era the methods previously used had negative results on both society and the patients. While in the early stages of the deinstitutionalization the methods were radical and released patients from hospitals most programs were not well thought out or implemented.