NBCOT COTA Exam Prep: Mental Health (Adult) Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

NBCOT COTA Exam Prep: Mental Health (Adult) Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions cognitive disorders - Correct Answer Delirium, dementia, and amnesia. these disorders are characterized by clinically relevant changes in thinking and memory in contrast to previous thinking and memory abilities Aphasia - Correct Answer This essential feature of dementia demonstrates the absence or impairment of ability to communicate through writing, speech, or signs Apraxia - Correct Answer This essential feature of dementia demonstrates the inability to perform purposive movements without sensory or motor impairment Agnosia - Correct Answer This essential feature of dementia demonstrates the loss of comprehension of visual, auditory, or other sensations Loss of executive function - Correct Answer This essential feature of dementia demonstrates an impairment in ability to think abstractly, plan, initiate, sequence, monitor, and stop complex behaviors. OT interventions for dementia - Correct Answer These OT interventions for this cognitive disorder include the following: a. environmental adaptations for safety b. caregiver education c. behavioral intervention to manage fatigue and sleep-wake cycles substance abuse disorders - Correct Answer this category of mental health disorders relates to drug abuse, medications, and other toxins resulting in a combination of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that lead to addiction and and compulsive actions to obtain desired substances and maintain ongoing use