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The Complexities of Cognitive Impairment and the Process of Aging

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Handbook of Clinical Behavior Therapy with the Elderly Client

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The topic of this chapter is cognitive impairment among elderly men and women. My attempt has been first to introduce some of the complexities involved in conceptualizing cognitive deficits in this population, and then to proceed systematically to identify the prominent categories of intellectual disturbances. In general, there are two broad divisions: those cognitive disorders that are reversible, such as pseudodementia or the effects of treatable medical conditions, and those cognitive disorders that are irreversible, such as Alzheimer’s disease or Korsakoff’s syndrome.

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