Dementia
Associated With Alcoholism
Diagnostic
Criteria
- Impairment
in short- and long-term memory
- At least
1 of the following:
- Impairment
in abstract thinking
- Impaired
judgment
- Other disturbances
of higher cortical function
- Personality
change
- Memory impairment
and intellectual impairment caused significant social and occupational
impairments
- Absence of
occurrence exclusively during the course of Delirium
- Memory loss
followed prolonged, heavy ingestion of alcohol
- Exclusion
of all causes of memory loss other than alcoholism
Associated
Features
- Learning
Problem
- Dysarthria/Involuntary
Movement
- Hypoactivity
- Psychotic
- Depressed
Mood
- Somatic/Sexual
Dysfunction
- Addiction
- Sexually
Deviant Behavior
- Odd/Eccentric/Suspicious
Personality
- Anxious/Fearful/Dependent
Personality
- Dramatic/Erratic/Antisocial
Personality
Differential
Diagnosis
Normal process
of aging; Delirium; Schizophrenia; Major Depressive Episode; Factitious
Disorder with Psychological Symptoms; Alcohol Amnestic Disorder; other
causes of Dementia.
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