Neurocognitive Disorders

Dementia is one of the most common forms of neurocognitive disorder. It is characterized by an overall decline in cognitive functioning including problems with memory, language processing, judgment, thinking speed and planning ability (Hofmann et al., 2020). Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia; however there are other forms such as vascular dementia due to stroke-related damages in brain tissue (Rosenberg et al., 2017). Treatment for dementia often involves medications like acetylcholinesterase inhibitors which help improve cognitive function (Tariq et al., 2018). Non-pharmaceutical interventions such as cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) have also been shown to be effective in managing symptoms associated with dementia (Baker & Moser Jones, 2019).