According to DSM-IV [1], major depression is characterised by either depressed mood or anhedonia, in combination with four additional symptoms related to weight changes, sleep disturbances, psychomotor agitation or retardation, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, diminished cognitive functioning, or recurrent thoughts of death.
Many older persons complain about diminished cognitive functioning [ 3].
In a 2005 report about insomnia, the National Institutes of Health cited "significant concerns about risks" of such antihistamine sleeping pills, including "residual daytime sedation, diminished cognitive function and delirium, the latter being of particular concern in the elderly".
Previous research indicates that users of illicit substances exhibit diminished cognitive function under stereotype threat.
In populations where drinking-water arsenic concentrations are high, early-life exposure has been associated with increased fetal mortality, decreased birth weight, and diminished cognitive function (NRC 2014).
Most importantly, diminished cognitive function in schizophrenia is a consistent finding, and is most closely linked to the considerable functional disability associated with illness (Shamsi et al, 2011).
5, 6 Diminished cognitive function from Alzheimer's disease may impair the patient's ability to cooperate during an awake FFB if the airway is deemed to be difficult.
The impact of stroke on cognitive function was demonstrated in the diabetic subpopulation of a Dutch study and in the ET2DS, in which an association between stroke and diminished cognitive function persisted after adjustment for estimated pre-morbid ability [ 20, 25, 51].
This decline in function eventually leads to age-related declines in physiologic function, such as loss of muscle mass, declining blood flow, impaired immune recognition, decreased ability to utilize energy, diminished cognitive function, and reduced ability to respond to stress stimuli.
He said it diminishes cognitive functioning and, even worse, forces children to stay home from school.
Genetic and environmental factors can influence PFC excitability, and repeated cocaine alters the excitability of the PFC by biasing neurons towards strong inputs, such as those associated with drug cues, which may diminish cognitive function.
