A client with chronic alcoholism has been found to have Korsakoff's psychosis. This irreversible complication is characterized by what?
A) Thiamine, or vitamin B12, deficiency
B) Hypothalamic and mammillary body lesions
C) Inability to learn new skills and short-term memory loss
D) Double vision and rapid eye movement
Ans: A
Korsakoff's psychosis is associated with a deficiency in thiamine, or vitamin B12.
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