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Consciousness is a state of awareness of self and the surroundings. Alternation in this awareness is defined as disturbance of consciousness which is classified into different types based on the involvement in the level of arousal or the content of mental function.
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Ma, J., Zeng, R. (2020). Disturbance of Consciousness. In: Wan, XH., Zeng, R. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Diagnostics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7677-1_33
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