{"id":1085,"date":"2020-08-20T03:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T03:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/abnormalpsych\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1085"},"modified":"2021-02-23T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:31:08","slug":"introduction-to-neurocognitive-disorders","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-abnormalpsych\/chapter\/introduction-to-neurocognitive-disorders\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Neurocognitive Disorders","rendered":"Introduction to Neurocognitive Disorders"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: examine and explain major and mild neurocognitive disorders caused by Alzheimer's, Lewy bodies, and Parkinson's disease<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4519 \" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5351\/2020\/08\/18035520\/buildings-1209962_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"511\" height=\"340\" \/>\r\n\r\nNeurocognitive disorders are described as those with \u201ca significant impairment of cognition or memory that represents a marked deterioration from a previous level of function.\" The subsections of neurocognitive disorders include delirium and mild and major neurocognitive disorder, which have multiple types and causes that we'll begin to examine in this section, including the well-known diseases of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do: examine and explain major and mild neurocognitive disorders caused by Alzheimer&#8217;s, Lewy bodies, and Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4519\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5351\/2020\/08\/18035520\/buildings-1209962_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"511\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neurocognitive disorders are described as those with \u201ca significant impairment of cognition or memory that represents a marked deterioration from a previous level of function.&#8221; 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