Mental capacity

Ettema JH, Zielhuis RL, Burer E, et al. 1975. Effects of alcohol, carbon monoxide and trichloroethylene on mental capacity. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 35 117-132. 

Baxley, R.C. Voluntary intoxication from phencyclidine Will it raise a reasonable doubt of the mental capacity of a person charged with a crime requiring specific intent or mental state il Psychedelic Drugs 12 (3-4) 330-335, 1980. 

Hydergine is for treatment of dementia. It has been approved by the Food and Drug administration for treatment of "idiopathic decline in mental capacity."... 

Dextroamphetamine should be used with caution and only upon medicinal indication in treating narcolepsy, consequences of encephalitis, and other illnesses accompanied by apathy, drowsiness, asthenia, for temporary increase of physical and mental capacity, in treating attention deficit disorder in children, and in treating obesity.Synonyms of this drug are D-amphetamine, dexamphetamine, dexalone, tempodex, zenidex, and many others. 

Age-reiated mentai capacity deciine Individuals older than 60 years of age who manifest signs and symptoms of an idiopathic decline in mental capacity. Patients who respond suffer from some process related to aging or have some underlying dementing condition. 

Age-related decline in mental capacity PO Initially, 1 mg 3 times/day. Range 1.5-12 mg/day. 

In the old, sedatives and hypnotics are best avoided. When mental capacity or reserve is already reduced, these medicines can only reduce it further. In some people memory is worsened and control of the limbs impaired by as little as half a tablet of nitrazepam at night. Its withdrawal may restore their liberty. Confusion, falls, fractures, fear, urinary incontinence, antisocial behavior, and aggression are all seen at times to be due to sedatives and hypnotics. 

Tsaparlis (117) carried out a correlation study of the role of various cognitive factors (variables) in the solution of non-algorithmic quantitative problems in elementary physical chemistry. The cognitive variables were scientific reasoning (developmental level), working-memory capacity functional mental capacity (M-capacity) and disembedding ability. 

The discovery process for the suit produced a number of revelations about Dr. Lancaster s interactions with Senator Gore and the senator s staff (including Dr. Socci) and about the senator and his staff s intentions. According to Dr. Lancaster s deposition, Senator Gore called him after the Easterbrook article appeared. During the phone call, the senator asked Dr. Lancaster about Dr. Revelle s mental capacity in the months before his death and whether the article accurately reflected his views. 

Therefore, psychosis can be considered to be a set of symptoms in which a person s mental capacity, affective response, and capacity to recognize reality, communicate, and relate to others are impaired. Psychotic disorders have psychotic symptoms as their defining features, but there are other disorders in which psychotic symptoms may be present but are not necessary for the diagnosis. 

Ergoloid is a psychotherapeutic agent that is indicated in the treatment of age-related decline in mental capacity, primary progressive dementia, Alzheimer s dementia, multi-infarct dementia, and senile onset. Ergoloid is thought to increase cerebral blood flow. 

Typically, the effects of dextroamphetamine on mood and motivation are positive and can be summarized as increased euphoria, exhilaration, energy, talkativeness, mental capacity, and desire for work, while the negative effects are increased restlessness and anxiety (100). Smith and Davis (177), confirm these effects, but go on to suggest there might also be a tendency toward increased end-of-day depres-... 

This result was baffling since an almost contemporary of H. habilis, the 1.6 million-year-old nearly complete skeleton of the 5 4 tall Turkana boy, had been found who was a member of a species called H. erectus This species had modern body proportions and significant mental capacity as signified by the fine Acheulean tools found near the fossils.5 A new, more advanced species had appeared from nowhere Johanson made the following revealing statement ... 

This means that, formally speaking, dreaming and severe mental illness are not only analogous but identical. This, in turn, means not only that is it easy to imagine that physical changes in brain state can produce psychosis, but also that the perfectly normal changes of sleep have very dramatic effects on our mental capacities. What s going on here ... 

Biopsychiatric treatments are deemed effective when the physician and/or the patient prefers a state of diminished brain function, with its narrowed or shallower range of mental capacity or emotional expression. If the drugged individual reports feeling more effective and... 

Ernst, A., and J.D.Zibrak. 1998. Carbon monoxide poisoning. N. Engl. J. Med. 339(22) 1603-1608. Ettema, J.H., R.L.Zielhuis, E.Burer, H.A.Meier, L.Kleerekoper, and M.A.de Graaf. 1975. Effects of alcohol, carbon monoxide and trichloroethylene exposure on mental capacity. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 35(2) 117—132. 

Although degenerative diseases generally affect mental capacity, some only affect motor capacity, for example Fiedreich s ataxia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 

If the intelligent use of surplus mental capacity were the only or typical result stemming from automatization, being automated would not be a problem in human life. Problems occur when reality changes but your automated responses carry on, and/or when the automated responses have (automated) emotional satisfactions associated with them. 

Disorientation A slight degree of impaired of consciousness without clouding, yet with impediment to and deceleration of mental capacity and memory, compromised perception and reactivity (transitional psychosis). 

Prediction 4. Most of our uniquely human mental abilities should show particularly high -loadings and /loadings, compared to more ancient mental capacities common to other great apes, primates or mammals. Like other sexually selected fitness indicators, they should also show higher coefficients of genetic variation and phenotypic variation, and at least moderate heritabilities. 

Ask the patient to demonstrate the proper administration of medication. This assures that the patient has the visual acuity, manual dexterity, and mental capacity to administer the medication. 

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