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Overview

Historical Perspective

Classification

Pathophysiology

Causes

Differentiating Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease from other Diseases

Epidemiology and Demographics

Risk Factors

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

Diagnosis

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Medical Therapy | Primary Prevention | Future or Investigational Therapies | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy

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v • d • e Prion diseases (A81, 046)
Prion diseases in humans	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - Kuru - Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome - Fatal familial insomnia
Prion diseases in animals	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - Scrapie - Chronic wasting disease - Transmissible mink encephalopathy

v • d • e WHO ICD-10 mental and behavioural disorders (F · 290–319)
Neurological/symptomatic	Dementia (Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia, Pick's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, AIDS dementia complex, Frontotemporal dementia) · Delirium · Post-concussion syndrome
Psychoactive substance	Intoxication (drunkenness) · Physical dependence (alcohol dependence, opioid dependency, cocaine dependence) · Withdrawal (benzodiazepine withdrawal, delirium tremens) · </br> Amnesic: (Korsakoff's syndrome)
Psychotic disorder	Schizophrenia (disorganized schizophrenia) · Schizotypal personality disorder · Delusional disorder · Folie à deux · Schizoaffective disorder
Mood (affective)	Mania · Bipolar disorder · Clinical depression · Cyclothymia · Dysthymia
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform	Agoraphobia · Anxiety disorder · Panic disorder · Generalized anxiety disorder · Social Anxiety Disorder · OCD · Acute stress reaction · PTSD · Adjustment disorder · Conversion disorder (Ganser syndrome) · Somatoform disorder · Somatization disorder · Neurasthenia
Physiological/physical behavioural	Eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa) · Sleep disorder (dyssomnia, insomnia, hypersomnia, parasomnia, night terror, nightmare) · </br>Sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, vaginismus, dyspareunia, hypersexuality) · Postpartum depression
Adult personality and behaviour	Personality disorder · Passive-aggressive behavior · Kleptomania · Trichotillomania · Voyeurism · Factitious disorder · Munchausen syndrome · Ego-dystonic sexual orientation
Mental retardation	Mental retardation
Psychological development (developmental disorder)	Specific: speech and language (expressive language disorder, aphasia, expressive aphasia, receptive aphasia, Landau-Kleffner syndrome, lisp) · Scholastic skills (dyslexia, dysgraphia, Gerstmann syndrome) · Motor function (developmental dyspraxia) Pervasive: Autism · Rett syndrome · Asperger syndrome
Behavioural and emotional, childhood and adolescence onset	ADHD · Conduct disorder · Oppositional defiant disorder · Separation anxiety disorder · Selective mutism · Reactive attachment disorder · Tic disorder · Tourette syndrome · Speech (stuttering · cluttering)