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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
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MCI, words, symptoms, emotion, memory, Würzburg, 1987, Trauma, Kraepelin, 90, sensory, Endocrine, Alois
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dementia
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hallmark symptoms once it reaches a certain point
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             impairment
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loss of ability to find            (aphasia)
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changes in                (apathy and lack of interest in things)
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loss of ability to interpret                information
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challenges providing an accurate diagnosis
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these influences can mimic dementia symptoms and need to be ruled out:
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Drugs
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Emotion
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Metabolic
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Nutrition
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Infection
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Alcoholism
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very difficult and complex to diagnose
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an age-related disease
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25% of 80 year olds
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33% of 85 year olds
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50% of      year olds
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Alzeihmer's disease is the most common type of dementia
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           Alzheimer (1864-1915)
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German psychiatrist, neuropathologist
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colleague of Emil                   , founder of modern scientific psychiatry
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from Bavaria
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medical degree at                            University in 1886
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1907: "a peculiar disease" in patient Auguste (woman)
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close relationship with her
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studied her brain after she died
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a role model clinician scientist for many
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        : first clinical trial
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first drug tested to treat Alzheimer's symptom
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three stages
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1. pre-clinical diagnosis
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the disease is taking place but the person is not presenting with                 
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the earlier you diagnose it, the better it can be slowed down
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2. mild cognitive impairment (      ) tue to Alzheimer's Disease
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3. dementia due to Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia