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A neurocognitive disorder is defined as an acquired decline in cognitive functions caused primarily by a medical disease such as Alzheimer’s or cerebrovascular disease rather than a psychiatric cause (Sachdev et al., 2014).
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Ephi Lu
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Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. (2024). Neurocognitive disorder. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
https://dev.nutritional-psychology.org/encyclopedia/neurocognitive-disorder/
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