Dementia
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Dementia is the loss of mental capacity to a level where normal social and occupational roles can no longer be maintained due to cognitive decline. Widespread loss of memory, reasoning and judgement and their accompanying effects upon personality and social skills are characteristic signs.
Dementia is sometimes devided into Presenile and senile dementia
The condition may be brought about by a number of organic brain syndromes which include:
- AIDS dementia complex
- Alzheimer's disease
- Creutzfeldt Jacob syndrome
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Parkinson's disease
- Pick's disease
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[edit] See also
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Korsakoff's syndrome
- Pseudodementia
- Sundowning (dementia)
- Vascular dementia
- Wandering in dementia
[edit] References & Bibliography
[edit] Key texts
[edit] Books
- Brooker, D. (2007). Person centred dementia care:Making services better. London:Jessica Kingsley.
- National Centre for Mental Health (2007). A NICE-SCIE Guideline on supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care. London:The British Psychological SOciety & Gaskell.
[edit] Papers
- Department of Health (2008). Transforming the quality of dementia care:Consultation on a national dementia strategy.
