The disease slowly impairs one’s mental functions (memory, s…

The disease slowly impairs one’s mental functions (memory, speech, comprehension, planning, and decision making), and ability to care for one’s self. It also often results in additional psychiatric and behavioral concerns including agitation, psychosis, and depression.

___________ can develop after a person is exposed to a traum…

___________ can develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event, including actual or threatened death, injury, or sexual violence (MHA, 2017). A person may have experienced the traumatic event(s) directly, or may have witnessed the even occur to someone else.