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A Discussion on Various Forms of Dementia

A program of Morningside Ministries

Jason Schillerstrom MD

UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Psychiatry

What is Dementia?

What is Dementia?

1. Memory Impairment

What is Dementia?

1. Memory Impairment

2. a. Aphasia:

What is Dementia?

1. Memory Impairment

2. a. Aphasia:

or

b. Apraxia:

What is Dementia?

1. Memory Impairment

2. a. Aphasia:

or

b. Apraxia:

or

c. Agnosia:

What is Dementia?

1. Memory Impairment

2. a. Aphasia:

or

b. Apraxia:

or

c. Agnosia:

or

d. Executive Function

Dementia?

Dementia?

Alzheimer’s

Disease

Dementia?

Alzheimer’s Vascular

Disease Dementia

Dementia?

Alzheimer’s Vascular Lewy Body

Disease Dementia Dementia

Alzheimer’s DiseaseMemory Loss

Forms of Dementia:

Alzheimer’s DiseaseMemory Loss

Temporal Lobe

Forms of Dementia:

Alzheimer’s Disease

Frontal Lobe

Memory Loss

Temporal Lobe

Forms of Dementia:

Alzheimer’s Disease

Hippocampus

Frontal Lobe

Memory Loss

Temporal Lobe

Forms of Dementia:

Alzheimer’s DiseaseMemory Loss

Forms of Dementia:

Vascular DementiaForms of Dementia:

Forms of Dementia:

Forms of Dementia:

Forms of Dementia:

Forms of Dementia:

Lewy Body DementiaForms of Dementia:

Lewy Body Dementia

2 out of 3 - of criteria:

Forms of Dementia:

Lewy Body Dementia

2 out of 3 - of criteria:

1. Visual Hallucinations

Forms of Dementia:

Lewy Body Dementia

2 out of 3 - of criteria:

1. Visual Hallucinations

2. Parkinsonism

Forms of Dementia:

Lewy Body Dementia

2 out of 3 - of criteria:

1. Visual Hallucinations

2. Parkinsonism

3. Fluctuations of Consciousness

Forms of Dementia:

Treatments

Treatments

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors

Treatments

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors

Treatments

NMDA Antagonist

A Discussion on Various Forms of Dementia

A program of Morningside Ministries

Jason Schillerstrom MD

UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Psychiatry