Cognitive Disorders
Our specialized clinicians can help families cope with cognitive disorders such as delirium and dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Is Treatment Available In My State?What Are Cognitive Disorders?
Cognitive disorders impact the way the brain works. They can cause someone’s brain to process information incorrectly. They can also be associated with impaired awareness and judgment, difficulty reasoning and focusing, loss of memory, and abnormal mental capacity. People with cognitive disorders have problems acquiring, mentally organizing, and responding to information, which results in an inability to function normally in everyday life situations.
How Common Are Cognitive Disorders?
Cognitive disorders are particularly common in older populations. The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, which affects more than seven million people in the United States. Mild cognitive impairment and non-age-related cognitive disorders are less common.
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Types of Cognitive Disorders
The term “cognitive disorders” covers a wide range of conditions that affect cognition. LifeStance providers can help with cognitive disorders such as:
- Dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease
- Delirium
- Cognitive Disorders Not Otherwise Specified
References:
Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures (n.d.). Alzheimer’s Association. https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures
Cognitive Disorders FAQ
Cognitive disorders impair normal brain functioning and can cause impairments in processing information, poor awareness and judgment, difficulty reasoning and focusing, loss of memory, and abnormal mental capacity.
Cognitive disorders are caused by a variety of things including aging, brain injuries, genetic predispositions, environmental factors such as poor nutrition, substance abuse, infections, and diseases.
Signs of cognitive disorder vary by age, but some common signs are confusion, loss of short-term or long-term memory, problems with language, and being unable to carry out tasks that you used to do easily.
Cognitive disorders are diagnosed by licensed clinicians, including mental health practitioners. A cognitive disorder diagnosis may be based on a number of factors, including the reports of the individuals and their family members, the results of neurological exams, lab tests, brain imaging work, and mental status testing.
Talk to someone who can help. LifeStance is your resource for finding the right mental health professionals to manage cognitive disorders and other related mental health issues.
