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how do these 3 terms differ


1. amnesia

2. dementia

3. pseudodementia

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1amnesia--impairment of memory(2 types-retrograde and anterograde)

2--dementia-an organic & global deterioration of intellectual functioning without clouding of consciousness. eg. Alzheimer ds, Huntington ds ,AIDS

3---psuedodementia--A depressed person may have clinical features that resemble dementia but no underlying organic condition.

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