Sally Has a Cognitive Disorder

question 163

Multiple Choice

Sally has a cognitive disorder. She has memory deficits in recalling newly learned information, past personal information, and common knowledge. She also exhibits
Deficiencies in abstract thinking, impaired judgment, aphasia, and apraxia. Finally, she
Exhibits personality changes in which she seems almost the opposite of her normal self.
Her disorder is most likely ______.

• A) dementia
• B) delirium
• C) anencephaly
• D) amnestic disorder

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Definitions:

Natural Course

The progression and outcomes of a condition or disorder without medical or therapeutic intervention.

Level of Prior Functioning

An individual's functional status before the current assessment or onset of a health issue, used as a baseline.

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Diagnostic Technique

Methods or tools used by healthcare professionals to determine the nature or cause of a particular health condition.