Functional cognitive impairment: A new concept in neuropsychiatry

Due to the high prevalence of different levels memory disorders and amnesia, many psychiatry psychology referrals are due fear diseases that cause dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. However, these have internal causes can be classified as functional cognitive disorders. Although diagnosis disorder is made by ruling out organic causes, it difficult diagnose disorders, thus most not diagnosed. It has been determined depression, anxiety behavioral precursors mild impairment, but whether impairment also a trigger or precursor for related dementia. The typical form overlaps with components attention concentration. coexistence depression make more difficult. Therefore, important rule pseudodementia before making such diagnosis. Since occur in midlife period, differentially diagnosed early-onset neurodegenerative Regardless research conducted field diagnosing no definitive diagnostic criteria long-term prognosis unknown.