1. The interaction of life span development with increased neurological and health problems in later life leads to a focus on cognitive changes‚ functional changes‚ and specific presentations of psychopathology in later adulthood as foundations of clinical practice with older adults. It is important for geropsychologist to understand the interaction of life span development in later life because as we learned in Chapter 2 it is well established that intelligence changes across the lifespan. Older
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Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s disease‚ also known as idiopathic or primary Parkinsonism‚ hypokinetic rigid syndrome/HRS‚ or paralysis agitans is a problem in the nerve cells. According to the Parkinson’s disease Foundation the nerve cells start to break down and die‚ which leads to the loss of neurons that produce a chemical messenger in the brain called dopamine. When the dopamine is gone it causes abnormal brain activity‚ which leads to Parkinson’s. Dopamine sends signals
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It started as any other Saturday would-‚ get up early with the kids‚ eat breakfast‚ do laundry and clean the house. The phone rang at about ten and it was my mother‚ who at that time lived in West Virginia. Normally it would be the normal small talk since‚ on any given day‚ I would talk to my mom at least twice‚ so her calling that early wasn’t out of the “norm”. This time stated a little differently‚ instead of her starting a conversation with me‚ she asked for my husband. As I handed the phone
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Dementia Dementia is a term for a general loss of brain function. A person with dementia has memory loss and a hard time with at least one other brain function‚ such as thinking‚ speaking‚ or problem solving. Dementia can affect how you are around people‚ how you do your job‚ your mood‚ and your personality. It can get worse with time. Depending on the cause‚ the condition may be completely or partly reversible. CAUSES Causes of potentially reversible dementia include: Certain medicines.
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Epilepsy affects 48 out of every 100‚000 people in the U.S. making it the fourth most common brain disorder behind migraines‚ strokes and Alzheimer’s disease. Young children and older adults are more likely to be diagnosed with epilepsy than any other age group. Temporal lobe epilepsy is one of over 40 known types of epilepsy. Definition The brain is divided into two hemispheres‚ and each hemisphere has a frontal lobe‚ parietal lobe‚ occipital lobe and a temporal lobe. The temporal lobe is located
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Consequently‚ concussions have been a big epidemic in football. A Concussion forms when there is a strong force that is applied to your head and your brain bounces of the hard wall of your skull. This isn’t the only way for a concussion to form. According to WebMD‚ “An impact elsewhere on the body can create enough force to jar the brain”(2016) For example‚ think of a walnut inside a jar of water‚ the water standing for the brain fluid and walnut standing for the brain. When a hard enough force is
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Study 01: Clive Wearing‚ studied by Oliver Sacks (2007) Introduction to study: Clive Wearing was an English musician and musicologist. In 1985 when he was in his mid-forties he was infected by a viral infection encephalitis. It caused brain damage in the hippocampus and after that he was affected with anterograde and retrograde amnesia. His memory lasted from 07-30 seconds and he was unable to create new memories. He could not transfer information from short-term memory to long-term memory. An MRI
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When one thinks of a serious disease of the nervous system one probably come up with Epilepsy. It is one of the most common and most known diseases of the nervous system. Epilepsy is a condition where there is an abnormality in the brain activity. The brain activity is normally very excessive and very sudden. “Approximately 2.3 million Americans and 40 million people throughout the world have epilepsy (Laberge‚ 2011).” Along with any other disease it has different types that go along with its severity
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Diagnosing Dementia Did you ever think how does the doctor diagnose dementia? Or how does the doctor decide that the person suffers from dementia or not? Previously the doctors thought that there is no specific test can make them decide if the patient has dementia or not‚ but nowadays they discoverd a specific diagnose and they classify it into two types. Diagnosis components is an information about the patient and his family and friends. The purpose of a diagnosis is to eradicate any other possible
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Dementia is an umbrella term used for many conditions including Alzheimer’s‚ lewy bodys and vascular dementia. It is damage to the brain and its cells‚ it can progress over time either rapidly or slowly. Medication is used to help slow the process down‚ or to help with certain effects from the condition such as sleepless nights‚ agitation. 2. Frontal lobe Movement‚ emotional behaviour‚ personality‚ interpretation and feeling Parietal lobe Language‚ special awareness and recognition Temporal lobe
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