اضطرابات التغذية والبلع لدى المصابين بالاضطرابات العقلية والجنون المشكلة والحل

Dementia is a syndrome of disorders that affects an individual's cognitive functions. This, in turn, increases the size of the difficulties that sufferers of this disease face when practicing the activities of daily life. In this regard, the book reviews a number of research conducted on feeding and swallowing difficulties faced by people with mental disorders and insanity. It also reviews the proposed ways to overcome the problems faced by these patients.In order to encourage specialists in the treatment of this disease to focus on the needs of these patients, a number of questions were raised related to how to evaluate each case of pathological conditions. This assessment is implemented gradually, allowing the patient care supervisor the opportunity to note the difficulties he is exposed to when eating and during swallowing. For this purpose, the book presents two evaluation forms, each of which includes a table to identify feeding and swallowing difficulties for patients with mental disorders. In addition to a number of selection lists that assist the medical care staff in conducting the evaluation process. This is in addition to case studies that explain in detail how to deal with these patients.The book is divided into chapters, each of which reviews part of the different stages of dealing with a patient with mental disorders, starting with knowing the patient’s history, passing through identifying the feeding and swallowing problems that he suffers from, leading to evaluating these problems and determining the way to deal with them using one of the two evaluation models presented in the book or from through the selection lists presented therein