Major Neurocognitive Disorder and Mild Neurocognitive Disorder

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 Major Neurocognitive Disorder and Mild Neurocognitive Disorder

1. Compare and contrast the diagnostic criteria for Major Neurocognitive Disorder

and Mild Neurocognitive Disorder.

Mild neurocognitive disorders are under-diagnosis that are called neurocognitive

disorders. These neurocognitive disorders are under psychiatric conditions, which constitute the

major neurocognitive disorder and mild neurocognitive disorder. Individuals who experience

DSM-III illness usually encounter loss of intellectual abilities severely such that it interferes with

their social and occupational functioning. Memory impairments also characterize the condition;

impairments of abstract thinking are an individual's inability to distinguish between similarities

and differences in related words. Individuals also experience impaired judgment, aphasia,

agnosia, and construction difficulty. Individuals with the disorder also experience personality

change like alterations. Most of the cognitive defects occur only when substance use is

concluded as substance withdrawal or substance intoxication. There are various cognitive

diagnoses, including normal aging, Delirium, Schizophrenia, significant depressive encounters,

and factitious disorders.

2 What is the difference between probable and possible? Give an example of each disorder.

The main difference between probable and possible is that it is associated with Mild

Cognitive Impairment and is considered the intermediate state between dementia and normal

aging. Whereas possible is associated with major neurocognitive disorder. Possible is the main

component of Mild Cognitive Impairments Examples of probable conditions include HIV

infection, Huntington's disease, Traumatic Brain disease, prion disease, and Parkinson’s disease.
An example of possible disorders has Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration,

Lewy Body Disease, and Vascular disease.

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