Imagine you are an attorney preparing for a high-pressure case and feeling certain you’re up to the task but suddenly realizing that somehow you are out of sorts. You forgot to schedule an important ...
Revised ICD-10-CM codes for neurocognitive disorders are now in effect, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has announced The coding changes for major and mild neurocognitive disorders ...
Neurocognitive disorders are a group of conditions that frequently lead to impaired mental function. Organic brain syndrome used to be the term to describe these conditions, but neurocognitive ...
Funding: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging (R01 AG051125 (JL), R01 AG030153 (JL), U01 AG064948 (JL), R01 AG070953 (ALG)). The funders had no role in study design, data ...
The recent passing of beloved UNC sports radio broadcaster Woody Durham has brought attention to a lesser known type of dementia called primary progressive aphasia (PPA). The neurocognitive disorder ...
PND is a common and serious neurological complication in elderly patients during the perioperative period, significantly affecting postoperative cognitive function. Currently, the diagnosis of PND ...
In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one’s death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain “senior ...
"India, with its rapidly aging population, faces an alarming burden of dementia," said the team including from St. John’s Medical College in Bengaluru and Johns Hopkins University in the US. For the ...