Pharmacotherapy Considerations in the Elderly — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ dementia is characterized by behavioral and/or language symptoms early in the disease course

Answer: Frontotemporal

Flashcard 2: _____ age is a risk factor for delusional disorders

Answer: Old

Flashcard 3: The onset of extreme self-neglect and hoarding in elderly individuals after the news of a life-threatening illness has been referred to as _____

Answer: Diogenes syndrome

Flashcard 4: Dementia with personality changes would point you to the diagnosis of _____

Answer: Pick's disease

Flashcard 5: _____ is the MC cause of death in mental disorder

Answer: alzheimer's disease

Extra: 

Flashcard 6: _____ is a level of cognitive impairment, not severe enough to be called dementia and not mild enough to be called normal ageing process

Answer: Mild neurocognitive disorder

Flashcard 7: Alzheimer's disease is a type of _____ dementia.

Answer: cortical

Extra: Cortical dementias (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal dementia) involve the cerebral cortex, typically presenting with memory impairment, aphasia, and agnosia. Subcortical dementias (e.g., Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Wilson's disease) involve structures like the basal ganglia and thalamus, often presenting with motor symptoms, personality changes, and "forgetfulness" rather than frank amnesia.