Tutorial 5: Dementia Diagnosis
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If a patient struggles on certain tests due to panic/anxiety, it is important to rule out what?

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Mood Disorder (correct)
  • Schizophrenia
  • Dementia
  • Learning Disability

    • 'Stiff' physicality, trouble with sleep, and short-term memory and processing difficulties could signify:

  • Dementia with Lewy Bodies (correct)
  • Panic Attack
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Psychosomatic Disorder

    • What is the relationship between the presence of amyloid plaques and Alzheimer's disease?

  • Has a preliminary correlation with Alzheimer's (correct)
  • Is the primary cause of Alzheimer's
  • Is unrelated to cognitive decline
  • Is only observed in late-stage Alzheimer's

    • When letter fluency is superior to semantic reasoning, and learning is adequate but impairments are evident in recall and recognition, the patient likely has:

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