Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease

DSM IV DIAGNOSIS: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Axis I 290.10 Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type, With

The above five axis diagnosis is preliminary only since some of the necessary information is unavailable at this time. Axis I, Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type, is substantiated by the following criteria: (A) memory impairment, failure to identify objects (agnosia), and disturbance in executive functioning; (B) the cognitive impairments cause significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and a decline from previous functioning; (C) course is gradual onset and continuing cognitive decline; (D) cognitive deficits are not due to other central nervous system, systemic, or substance-induced conditions; (E) deficits do not occur only during delirium; (F) disturbance is not better accounted for by other Axis I disorders (APA, 1994). The client reports that his memory loss and mental abilities were suffering from a gradual decline, with increased confusion and inability to function cognitively. Examples included mistakes writing checks, inability to remember friends' faces and names, lost details, inability to function (unable to fill out forms, couldn't remember what instant coffee was, can't find right words for a conversation, lost).

Axis I also lists whether or not symptoms are Early Onset (at age 65 years or below) o

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