Definitions for pseudodementia
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1. pseudodementianoun

   A mild form of dementia from which the patient (often an elderly woman) may recover.

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1. Pseudodementia

   Pseudodementia (otherwise known as depression-related cognitive dysfunction) is a condition where mental cognition can be temporarily decreased. The term pseudodementia is applied to the range of functional psychiatric conditions such as depression and schizophrenia, that may mimic organic dementia, but are essentially reversible on treatment. Pseudodementia typically involves three cognitive components: memory issues, deficits in executive functioning, and deficits in speech and language. Specific cognitive symptoms might include trouble recalling words or remembering things in general, decreased attentional control and concentration, difficulty completing tasks or making decisions, decreased speed and fluency of speech, and impaired processing speed. People with pseudodementia are typically very distressed about the cognitive impairment they experience. There are two specific treatments that have been found to be effective for the treatment of depression, and these treatments may also be beneficial in the treatment of pseudodementia. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) involves exploring and changing thought patterns and behaviors in order to improve one's mood. Interpersonal therapy focuses on the exploration of an individual's relationships and identifying any ways in which they may be contributing to feelings of depression. Some antidepressant drugs have also been found to alleviate cognitive deficits arising from depression; in particular, the novel SSRI vortioxetine has been studied for treating pseudodementia.

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1. Pseudodementia

   Pseudodementia is a phenotype approximated by a wide variety of underlying disorders. Data indicate that some of the disorders that can convert to a pseudodementia-like presentation include depression, schizophrenia, mania, dissociative disorders, Ganser syndrome, conversion reaction, and psychoactive drugs. Although the frequency distribution of disorders presenting as pseudodementia remains unclear, what is clear is that depressive pseudodementia, synonymously referred to as depressive dementia or major depression with depressive dementia, represents a major subclass of the overarching category of pseudodementia. It has long been observed that in the differential diagnosis between dementia and pseudodementia, depressive pseudodementia appears to be the single most difficult disorder to distinguish from nosologically established "organic" categories of dementia, especially degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer type. Depressive Pseudodementia is a syndrome seen in older people in which they exhibit symptoms consistent with dementia but the cause is actually Depression. Older people with predominant cognitive symptoms such as loss of memory, and vagueness, as well as prominent slowing of movement and reduced or slowed speech, were sometimes misdiagnosed as having dementia when further investigation showed they were suffering from a major depressive episode. This was an important distinction as the former was untreatable and progressive and the latter treatable with antidepressant therapy or electroconvulsive therapy or both.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pseudodementia in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pseudodementia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pseudodementia
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudodementia
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pseudodementia