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    1. Dementia has a slow and insidious onset and deterioration progresses over time, while delirium has a sudden onset over hours or days and is usually reversible with treatment. 2. Symptoms of dementia are progressive over a long period of time, while delirium symptoms are short and fluctuating, often worse at night or on waking. 3. Depression typically involves recurrent periods of depressed mood and lack of interest or pleasure in activities, while dementia and delirium can involve fluctuating emotions and psychomotor disturbances.

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    1. Dementia has a slow and insidious onset and deterioration progresses over time, while delirium has a sudden onset over hours or days and is usually reversible with treatment. 2. Symptoms of dementia are progressive over a long period of time, while delirium symptoms are short and fluctuating, often worse at night or on waking. 3. Depression typically involves recurrent periods of depressed mood and lack of interest or pleasure in activities, while dementia and delirium can involve fluctuating emotions and psychomotor disturbances.

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    1. Dementia has a slow and insidious onset and deterioration progresses over time, while delirium has a sudden onset over hours or days and is usually reversible with treatment. 2. Symptoms of dementia are progressive over a long period of time, while delirium symptoms are short and fluctuating, often worse at night or on waking. 3. Depression typically involves recurrent periods of depressed mood and lack of interest or pleasure in activities, while dementia and delirium can involve fluctuating emotions and psychomotor disturbances.

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    1. Dementia has a slow and insidious onset and deterioration progresses over time, while delirium has a sudden onset over hours or days and is usually reversible with treatment. 2. Symptoms of dementia are progressive over a long period of time, while delirium symptoms are short and fluctuating, often worse at night or on waking. 3. Depression typically involves recurrent periods of depressed mood and lack of interest or pleasure in activities, while dementia and delirium can involve fluctuating emotions and psychomotor disturbances.

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    How do you differentiate among depression, dementia, and delirium?

    Feature Dementia Delirium Dep

    Onset and Slow and insidious Sudden onset – over hours or Rec
    duration onset; deterioration is days; duration – hours to less per
    progressive over time. than one month, but can be –m
    longer. – ca

    Course Symptoms are Short and fluctuating; often Typ


    progressive over a long worse at night and on waking. Usu
    period of time; not Usually reversible with treatment
    reversible. of the underlying condition.

    Psychomotor Wandering/exit seeking Hyperactive delirium: agitation, Usu


    activity restlessness, hallucinations
    Agitated Apa
    Hypoactive delirium: sleepy,
    Withdrawn (may be slow-moving May
    related to coexisting
    depression) Mixed: alternating features of the
    above.

    Alertness Generally normal Fluctuates, may be hyper- Nor


    vigilant through to very lethargic.

    Attention Generally normal Impaired or fluctuates, difficulty May


    following conversation.

    Mood Depression may be Fluctuating emotions – for Dep


    present in early example: anger, tearful
    dementia outbursts, fear Lac
    usu

    Cha
    dec
    Feature Dementia Delirium Dep

    Thinking Difficulty with word- Disorganised, distorted, Inta


    finding and abstraction fragmented and

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