True about delirium is all Except:: (A) Preserved attention, (B) Disturbed sleep, (C) Disorientation, (D) Hallucination
Answer is A. Delirium Disturbance of consciousness with reduced ability to focus, sustain, or shift attention. perceptual disturbance, impaired cognition (memory deficit, disorientation) develops over a sho period of time (usually hours to days) and tends to fluctuate. Above disturbance develops as a consequence of medical condition, substance intoxication/ withdrawal Reference: P.324p.325 10.2 DeliriumKaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 9th Ed