Discussion Post: Prescribing for Older Adults and Pregnant Women
In this discussion, we select a specific vulnerable population of either pregnant women or older adults. The population chosen is older adults. DSM-5 will be used to describe the disorder. The disorder selected was Dementia. Dementia, also referred to as major neurocognitive disorder, is a severe impairment in memory, judgment, orientation, and cognition (Sadock, Sadock & Ruiz, 2015). of all patients with dementia, 50 to 60 percent have the most common type known as Alzheimer's disease (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2015). According to the American Psychiatric Association (2013), the criteria for Dementia in their book "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The criteria for Dementia are as followed:
• Evidence of significant cognitive decline. This decline must be measure from previous levels of performance in one or more of the designated cognitive domains. These domains are social cognition, perceptual-motor, complex attention, executive function, language, and learning and memory.
• The cognitive decrease or deficits for the individual inhibits the individuals' daily activities and independence (American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013).
• The noted cognitive deficits are not just associated with delirium (American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013).
• The deficits in cognition are not explained by other mental health disorders (American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013).
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