Question

Out of the discussed mental health disorders in this week, choose any one mental health issue in the KSA context and discuss the prevalence, contributing factors and the justify the seriousness of the issue.

Note: All information must be from the genuine sources.

choose one if these topics please

dementia

schizophrenial

personality disorders

bipolar disorder

post traumatic stress disorder

social phobia

panic disorder

eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa andbulimail nervosa

Word limit: 300 – 400.

Answer 1

Answer:
Dementia is a mental disorder that causes a decrease in mental ability to remember and think properly that affect patient's daily life.
Symptoms of dementia:
⦁ Memory loss
⦁ Communication problems
⦁ problem in paying attention
⦁ poor Reasoning and decision making
⦁ poor balance and body coordination

The hippocampus is the part of brain first to be damaged in dementia.it is the region where all the learning and memory-related processes take place.due to the damage in brain cell in this region, learning ability and memory affected badly In the condition of dementia levels of neurochemical acetylcholine decreases very much and level of glutamate increases that interferes thinking process.

Types of dementia:
Alzheimer’s disease
vascular dementia
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Parkinson’s disease
Frontotemporal dementia
CJD
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
Mixed dementia

Treatment:
medications for dementia symptoms:
⦁ Cholinesterase
⦁ Memantine stops the activity of neurochemical glutamate.
Diet: Eating healthy diet like white meat, whole grains, eating fresh fruits and vegetables, the Omega3 rich diet like fish, dry fruits &other healthy fats.