bradyphrenia
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Bradyphrenia is the slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain. Disorders characterized by bradyphrenia include Parkinson's disease and forms of schizophrenia consequently causing a delayed response and fatigue. Patients with bradyphrenia may describe or may manifest slowed thought processes, evidenced by increased latency of response and also involve severe memory impairment and poor motor control. The word 'bradyphrenia' originates from the ancient Greek meaning 'slow mind.'
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Bradyphrenia
- Medical condition.image
- File:Headache touching forehead.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Image depicting how an individual with bradyphrenia experiences fatigue and stress as they struggle with slow thinking.
- Medical condition.field
- Neurology, psychiatry
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Slowing of thoughts, delayed responses and lack of motivation
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Evaluation
- Parkinsonism
- Effects in Parkinson's disease
- Depression and Parkinson's disease
- Alzheimer's disease
- Depression
- Huntington's disease and schizophrenia
- Addiction
- Management
- Steroid therapy
- <small>L</small>-DOPA and carbidopa regimen
- H<sub>2</sub> antagonists
- History
- Encephalitis lethargica era
- Post-encephalitis lethargica era
- See also
- References
Bradyphrenia is the slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain. Disorders characterized by bradyphrenia include Parkinson's disease and forms of schizophrenia consequently causing a delayed response and fatigue. Patients with bradyphrenia may describe or may manifest slowed thought processes, evidenced by increased latency of response and also involve severe memory impairment and poor motor control. The word 'bradyphrenia' originates from the ancient Greek meaning 'slow mind.'
==Evaluation== ===Parkinsonism===
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