Human Growth and Development / Unit 15 HGD 2141 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Screening and Reversible Mimics
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The idea
The Mini-Mental State Examination is a thirty-point screening test; a score below twenty-four suggests impairment, but diagnosis requires much more.
In practice
Depression, infections, vitamin deficiencies and medication interactions producing dementia-like symptoms that treatment can reverse.
Where people slip
Older adults' many prescriptions make medication interactions a special risk, and long-term use of many drugs also predicts dementia.
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