Disorders of brain and mind present with memory complaints and cognitive dysfunction. In the child it could primarily due to attention being affected, through ADHD, Learning or Intellectual Disabilities, Anxiety & Depression. In the adult, especially those with previously normal functioning, depression, anxiety and stress can play a major role in the development of memory and cognition issues as can damage to the brain due to illness, injury, alcohol or drug abuse and psychological trauma. In the elder, memory and cognition difficulties are often the harbingers of brain degeneration, dementia, parkinsonism, stroke and other associated conditions being responsible.
“I am losing my memory doc”, was A’s first statement as she walked into my office. Probing further I found A was complaining of much more that absent mindedness.
Evaluating R in some detail, we found he had severe deficits in cognition, with very poor ability to remember any new information. Indeed, he took quite a while to even become familiar with our team that was meeting him each day.
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