Alzheimer (PowerPoint)

							Alzheimer
Alzheimer
• Alzheimer is a form of dementia that gets
  worse over time (dementia)
    Associated features
•   Symptoms of Alzheimer may begin with memory loss ..
•   Mild forgetfulness
•   As time goes on aren't able to remember basic facts about
    themselves and their lives
•   At the end people with the Alzheimer are incapable of retaining any
    information

 Alzheimer affects to people over 65 years of age.
• The Cause of Alzheimer is memory loss, understanding reasoning,
    and just basic fact about themselves.
• It causes
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Social withdrawal
• Mood swings
• Distrust in others
• Increased stubbornness
• Irritability and aggressiveness
• Changes in sleeping habits
• Wandering
                         Etiology
• Researchers say that in some cases its cause by genes passed
  down by family but it doesn’t necessarily mean that your
  likely to have it if someone in you family had or has Alzheimer
  but could happen.
• Lack of exercise, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, That
  are poorly controlled.
• Alzheimer has decreased amount of neurotransmitters
• And also develop deposits of stuff and prevent cells from
  working properly
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              Prevalence
• Alzheimer is the most common cause of dementia
  among older people.
• Approximately 360,000 American's develop
  Alzheimer each year.
• Memory loss is the most common sign of Alzheimer
  and it worsens over time.
• Women are most likely to have it than men.
                           Treatments
• Researchers say that exercise healthy diet and keeping mind active helps
  delay disorder.
• Though there's no cure for Alzheimer there's treatment, medications for
  both cognitive and behavioral symptoms.
• At the moment there isn’t a medication that could cure Alzheimer nor
  stop it from continuing but could slow down symptom's.
• (medication)
• Cholinesterase Inhibitors: are pills( aricept. Exelon, razadyne, cognex, and
  memantine (namenda) is treatment to help problems with memory
  loss(confusion and reasonin)
                                 Dsm-iv-tr
•   A. The development of multiple cognitive deficits manifested by
    both(1)      memory impairment (impaired ability to learn new information or to
    recall previously learned information)(2)       one (or more) of the following
    cognitive disturbances:(a)       aphasia (language disturbance)(b)      apraxia
    (impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor
    function)(c)      agnosia (failure to recognize or identify objects despite sensory
    function)(d)      disturbance in executive functioning (i.e., planning, organizing,
    sequencing, abstracting)B. The cognitive deficits in Criteria Al and A2 each cause
    significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and represent a
    significant decline from a previous level of functioning.C. The course is
    characterized by gradual onset and continuing cognitive decline.D. The cognitive
    deficits in Criteria Al and A2 are not due to any of following:(1) other central
    nervous system conditions that cause progressive deficits in memory and cognition
    (e.g., cerebrovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, subdural
    hematoma, normal-pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumor) (2) systemic conditions
    that are known to cause dementia (e.g., hypothyroidism, vitamin B12 or folic acid
    deficiency, niacin defi-ciency, hypercalcemia, neurosyphilis, HIV infection)        (3)
    substance-induced conditionsE. The deficits do not occur exclusively during the
    course of a deliriumF. The disturbance is not better accounted for by another Axis I
    disorder (e.g., Major Depressive Disorder, Schizophrenia).
                  Prognosis
• There isn’t a cure for Alzheimer.. Yet !
• There isn’t a cure but the treatments slows it
  down.
               Reference page
• Halgin, R.p., & whit Bourne, S.k. (2005).
Abnormal psychology: clinical perspective or
   psychological disorders.New York, NY: Mc Graw Hill.
-Myers, D.G, (2010). Myers Pychology For AP* New
   York, NY: Worth publishers
- Mayo clinic staff feb. 19 2010 stress symtoms: effect
   on your body, feeling & behavior
   Http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/nat
   ional-reprt.pdf.accessed dec 7 2010
         Discussion Question
-If a family member or someone you knew had
   Alzheimer would you take care of them or
   send them to a senior home???