Asthenic Confusion

ASTHENIC CONFUSION, belongs to psychopathological conditions, which some authors define as incoherence of thought (Kraepelin), while others define as a disorder of consciousness (Jaspers). Occurring in various mental illnesses (manic-depressive psychosis, schizophrenia, senile dementia), asthenic confusion until recently was included as a component in the nosological form of amnesia (see). Although most of the mental disorders included in amnesia are now by many psychiatrists referred to other nosological groupings, a small group of post-infectious and generally exhaustion-related mental disorders (asthenic) remains as an independent form of A. s., in which the patient loses the ability to process perceived impressions and think coherently. Helplessness and confusion develop; however, when hallucinatory experiences and more severe disorders of consciousness are present, one must already speak of a delirious state.