User:Psychittome/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Cognitive disorder)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

The article is a starter article in the psychiatry section of wikiproject medicine. Cognitive disorders symptoms can often be similar to other psychiatric disorders. Many times in the hospital I was on a team and consulted on patients who were exhibiting some sort of cognitive disturbance and we were asked to see if it was psychiatric in nature vs. neurological or metabolic. The article seems to be slightly disorganized and refers to various iterations of the DSM throughout which can be confusing at times. It also speaks about the theory of cognitive disorders, but the section is limited and seemingly doesn't provide much insight into the nature of cognitive disorders themselves.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section is rather robust and while it does have all of the information asked in the guiding questions, it is somewhat overly detailed. The content is relevant, but the nomenclature is dated at times, although this is discussed in the article. I don't see any gaps in the content per se, however there are some sections that could use additional information. The tone is very neutral and presents the information without any apparent bias. Information is referenced throughout, however the sources are rather dated. The most recent article referenced was in 2019, but other than that the most recent reference is from 2015. It is organized and easy to follow/read. There are no glaring spelling errors that I saw. There are no images associated with the topic, however I do not know if the addition of this would be helpful. The talk page has a few sections, but none within the last year. Most of the debate is about nomenclature and what should be referenced in the article vs. truly explained. The article is a starter article in the psychiatry section of wikiproject medicine. The overall status of the article I would say is in the starter stage. The article is concise and easy to understand, but does have some areas that could use further explanation. Overall it is underdeveloped. I think some areas of improvement can be to emphasize the current DSM-V nomenclature and refrain from using outdated DSM-IV nomenclature. Other areas of improvement could be to further discuss common causes and symptoms of delirium, particularly in the hospital setting. Perhaps another area that could be added is a chronic and acute neurocognitive disorder sections with discussion of how each can present and the timeline of presentations. Also, should there be at least some discussion of neurocognitive testing tools such as the MOCA and MMSE?