Acquired Brain Disorders
Acquired brain disorders
are disorders are directly caused by physical damage to the brain
rather than impaired psychological functioning. The symptoms of
acquired brain injury include problems with attention, arousal,
language functioning, learning and memory, visual functioning,
and intellectual functioning. There are three types of brain injury:
delirium ( a problem with thinking and attention that is caused
by illness), specific impairments ( i.e., a specific function
is impaired such as short-term memory or language) and dementia
(a lasting impairment in at least two functions which causes decline
in a persons social or work functioning).
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Disorders
Dissociative
& Somatoform Disorders
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Disorders
Substance
Use Disorders
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Dysfunction's, Paraphilias & Gender Identity Disorders
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Schizophrenia
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