Alcoholic Korsakoff's psychosis

Japanese: アルコール性コルサコフ精神病 - あるこーるせいこるさこふせいしんびょう
Alcoholic Korsakoff's psychosis

...In this state, emotions become dull, activity levels drop, and the patient leads a useless life. In addition, after the above-mentioned delirium tremens, when the organic changes in the brain become more pronounced and the patient is presented with three main symptoms - memory impairment resulting in severe forgetfulness, disorientation resulting in loss of sense of place and time, and confabulation - this is called alcoholic Korsakoff's psychosis, named after the person who discovered these main symptoms. In many cases, alcoholic Korsakoff's psychosis is preceded by Wernicke's disease, a psychoneurological symptom accompanied by ocular movement disorder (nystagmus, lateral rectus paralysis, orthostatic and gait ataxia) and clouding of consciousness, and then progresses to Korsakoff's psychosis after consciousness is restored. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "alcoholic Korsakoff's psychosis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この状態になると,感情も鈍り,活動性も乏しく低下し無為な生活を送るようになる。また,前記の振戦譫妄後に,脳の器質的変化が著しくなり,物忘れがひどくなる記銘障害,場所・時間がわからなくなる失見当識,作話症の3主徴候を呈する場合を,この主徴候の発見者の名を入れて,アルコール性コルサコフ精神病と称する。多くの場合,アルコール性コルサコフ精神病に先行して,ウェルニッケ病という眼球運動障害(眼振,外直筋麻痺,起立・歩行失調)と意識混濁を伴う精神神経症候が現れ,意識回復後にコルサコフ精神病に移行する。…

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