Explain the diagnostic criteria for Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder.

 • Explain the diagnostic criteria for Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder.

• Explain the evidenced-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder

• Identify the risks of different types of therapy and explain how the benefits of the therapy that might be achieved might outweigh the risks.

• Support your rationale with references to the Learning Resources or other academic resource.

References

1.American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

2.Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition DSM-5 American Psychiatric Association

• “Neurocognitive Disorders”

3.Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

• Chapter 21, “Neurocognitive Disorders” (pp. 694–741)

4.Stahl, S. M. (2017). Prescriber’s Guide: Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (6th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

5.Gabbard’s Treatments Of Psychiatric Disorders, Fifth Edition Edited By:Glen O. Gabbard, M.D

• Chapter 63, “Delirium”

• Chapter 64, “Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer’s Disease”

• Chapter 65, “Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder”

• Chapter 66, “Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder”

• Chapter 67, “Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Parkinson’s Disease”