WHAT ARE NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS?
Neurocognitive disorders are a group of conditions that often lead to impaired mental function.
It is a general term used to describe decreased mental functions due to a medical decline other than a psychiatric illness.
Neurocognitive disorders occur more in older adults, but they can also affect younger people.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS?
The symptoms of neurocognitive disorders vary depending on the cause. There are two common causes of neurocognitive disorders; they include:
1. Neurodegenerative diseases
2. Non-neurodegenerative diseases.
When the condition occurs due to neurodegenerative disease, people may experience:
1. Memory loss
2. Anxiety
3. Confusion
Symptoms as a result of a non-neurodegenerative cause, however, include:
1. Inability to focus.
2. Difficulty performing routine tasks.
3. vision changes.
4. Short-term memory loss.
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS?
The common cause of neurocognitive disorders is a neurodegenerative disease.
Neurodegenerative diseases that can result in the development of neurocognitive disorders are:
1. Prion disease
2. Parkinson’s disease
3. Dementia
4. Huntington’s disease
5. Multiple sclerosis.
Nondegenerative conditions that may cause neurocognitive disorders include:
a concussion
traumatic brain injury that causes bleeding in the brain or space around the brain
blood clots
drug or alcohol abuse
vitamin deficiency
You can read more on neurocognitive disorders through this link:
https://www.healthline.com/health/organic-brain-syndrome#treatment
A great summary of cognitive disorders. Due to the sheer plethora of illnesses breaking them up into subcategories such as non-neurodegenerative and degenerative helps understand them in a broader context.
Understanding the neuropsychological clinical manifestation of these illnesses may also enable one to assess culpability in criminal cases where judgment is impaired due to the illnesses you mention.