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Fluctuating LOC:
Delirium
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Normal LOC:
Depression or dementia
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Disoriented:
Delirium or late stage dementia
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Normal orientation:
Depression or early dementia
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Fluctuating affect:
Delirium
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Labile/apathetic affect:
Dementia
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Impaired attention:
Delirium or depression
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Intact attention:
Dementia
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Disturbed sleep:
Delirium
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Insomnia/hypersomnia:
Depression
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Sparse, rapid or incoherent speech:
Delirium, dementia
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Flat, sparse or understandable speech:
Depression
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Impaired memory:
Delirium or dementia
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Slow recall, may have short-term deficits:
Depression
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Disordered reasoning:
Delirium and dementia
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Cognition may seem impaired:
Depression
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Incoherent, confused, delusions, stereotyped thought content:
Delirium
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Negative, hypochondria, SI, delusions possible:
Depression
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Disorganized, rich content, delusional, paranoid:
Dementia
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Poor judgement:
All three
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Impaired insight:
Depression
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Insight present in lucid moments:
Delirium
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No change in perception:
Dementia
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Distorted, negative interpretations, auditory hallucinations:
Depression
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Misinterpretations, hallucinations, illusions:Delirium
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