| A | B |
|---|
| DELIRIUM TREMENS | alcohol withdrawal may lead to this syndrome: disorientation, suggestibility, hallucinations, tremors |
| KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME | an organic amnestic disorder, due to prolonged alcohol abuse causing lack of B vitamins which damages the thalamus |
| COMORBIDITY | when a patient has two different disorders at the same time |
| ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME | older term for classification of dementia and delirium |
| DELIRIUM | acute brain disorder; rapid onset of symptoms; caused by metabolic disturbances such as chemical exposure |
| DEMENTIA | chronic brain syndrome, progressive deterioration of the brain; Alzheimer's, Pick's, Huntington's |
| VASCULAR | dementia involving multi-infarct, mini strokes |
| DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY (RETARDATION) | Tay-Sachs, Kleinfelter's, Down syndrome and rubella can cause |
| ALZHEIMER'S | the etiology of most late life dementia |
| SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS WITH GRADUAL ONSET | major symptom of dementia |
| DISORIENTATION WITH RAPID ONSET | major symptom of delirium |
| OCCIPITAL | lobe of cerebrum processing vision |
| TEMPORAL | lobe of cerebrum for hearing and language |
| THALAMUS | relay point between limbic system and frontal lobe |
| FRONTAL | lobe of cerebrum for expressing emotion |
| LIMBIC | system which includes hypothalamus, hippocampus & amygdala |
| EMOTION | frontal lobe, limbic system & thalamus process |
