Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is associated with a buildup of proteins in the brain causing plaques & tangles. The buildup of these is common during the natural aging process. However, post mortem investigations have discovered an unusually large amount in people presenting with Alzheimer’s type symptoms. Vascular Dementia Vascular Dementia is caused by a reduced flow of blood to the brain. This can occur following a stroke or a series of TIA’s which can then result in stopping the blood accessing the blood vessels.
Parkinson’s disease; the brain changes caused by Parkinson’s disease begin in a region that plays a key role in movement. As the brain changes, the disease will begin to affect mental functions, including memory and the ability to pay attention, make sound judgements and plan steps needed to complete a task. Parkinson’s disease is a fairly common neurological disorder in older adults, estimated to affect nearly 2% of those over 65. Huntington’s disease; this disease is a progressive brain disorder caused by a single defective gene on chromosome 4. Symptoms of the disease include abnormal involuntary movements, a severe decline in thinking and reasoning skills, irritability, depression and mood changes.
Rachel Pearson Unit 13: Understanding the Process and Experience of Dementia Unit Code: DEM 301 Unit reference number: J/601/3538 Section 1 - Understand the neurology of dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome? Dementia syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms, in which cause damage to cells in the brain. The most common causes are neurodegenerative diseases; this includes Alzheimer’s, Vascular, and Frontotemporal, lewy bodied, Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) and Huntington disease. With these diseases the brain cells degenerate and die more quickly than the normal ageing process. This leads to the decline of a person’s mental health and sometimes physical abilities.
(D1) outline how a named mental disorder is diagnosed. Schizophrenia is a long-term mental health condition that causes a range of different psychological symptoms. These include: · hallucinations[->2] - hearing or seeing things that do not exist · delusions - unusual beliefs that are not based on reality and often contradict the evidence · muddled thoughts based on the hallucinations or delusions · changes in
Outline and evaluate the key features of the biological model of Psychopathology. In the Biological Model, it is stated that mental disorders have a physical or organic cause and can be seen as ‘diseases of the mind’. This is reflected in the use of the language, for example, ‘mental health’, ‘patient’, ‘diagnosis’ and ‘cure’. As in general medicine, it uses a classification system to identify mental illness on the basis of ‘symptoms’ that cluster together and which enable psychiatrists to make a diagnosis, eg. of depression or schizophrenia.
This may be as a result of a stroke or mini strokes although it can be caused by preventable conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. Dementia with Lewys Bodies (DLB) is caused by small deposits of proteins found in the nerve cells of the brain. Their presence in the brain leads to the degeneration of brain tissue. This is the third most common form of dementia. Rarer forms of dementia are: Fronto temperal dementia which is brain damage usually focused in the front or temporal parts of the brain.
Level 3 Unit 12 Understand mental health problems 1. Know the main forms of mental ill health 1.1 Describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (dsm/icd) classification system. * Mood disorders: are mental disorders characterised by extreme disturbances in Emotional state. An unstable, emotional condition that can be characterized by cycles of abnormal, persistent high mood and low mood. * Personality disorders: defined by experiences and behaviours that can differ from the social norm.
In cases that the lesions appeared on the scalp, they often permanently damage the hair follicles resulting in permanent hair loss. Drug-induced lupus is similar to SLE, but is brought on my drugs that treat different diseases. Some of the medications that can cause Drug- Induced Lupus include: Anti-seizure medications, Capoten, Infliximab, and Penicillamine. Symptoms tend to occur after 3 to 6 months of taking these drugs. Patients with drug induced lupus have symptoms that affect the joints, heart and lungs.
According to Kotowicz 2007, "there was a period of high fevers, an abscess, but eventually the wound healed and within two months Gage was pronounced cured, but only up to a point." Because his injury was in the frontal lobe this caused significant changes in his personality. Gage had lived for about another seven years after his accident. The brain is responsible for many different functions. Cognitive functions are associated with certain areas of the brain.
Risk assessments are also designed to manage and identify areas of concern, either to the patient or health professional’s involved in the care of the patient. Areas of risk assessment may include suicide or self harm, absconding, aggression or violence, substance use, vulnerabilities and neglect, non adherence or compliance. These areas of assessment may include past risk and current risk factors (Edward, Munro, Robins & Welch, 2011). Risk assessment of the patient is important but also risk towards others. Patients with paranoid schizophrenia are more opportunistic in behaving aggressively or violently towards co-patients and/or staff, which is why implementation of such assessment tools have been put in place (Langan, 2008).