Features suggestive of pseudodementia
- short duration of dementia
- equal effect on long and short term memory
- amnesia concerning specific events (often events are emotionally charged)
- often patient will very detailed complaint about memory disturbance
- patient may highlight failures in answers to questions relating to memory
- loss of social skills early in the illness
- patient often will answer "don't know" to questions, as opposed to guessing close answers
- an emphasis on disabilities
- patient may make little effort in performing tasks
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