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===== [[Summary Article|'''SUMMARY''']] =====
A. Evidence of significant cognitive decline from previous  performance in one or more cognitive domains*: learning and memory, language, executive function, complex attention, perceptual-motor, social cognition. 
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<br/>B. Deficits interfere with independence in everyday activity.  At a minimum assistance required with complex  instrumental activities: IADL , paying bills, managing  medications.
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<br/>C. Cognitive deficits are not associated with the course  of a delirium. 
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<br/>D. Cognitive deficits are not better explained by  another mental disorder (e.g. major depression,  schizophrenia).
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<br/>*Evidence of decline: concern of the individual, a  knowledgeable informant, or the clinician. Significant  decline in cognitive function and a substantial impairment  in cognitive performance, preferably documented by  standardized neuropsych testing or another quantified  clinical assessment.


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