Is Dementia A Mental Disorder?
Social Stigma Still Evident for Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Mental Illness
Why is it that, in this supposedly enlightened age, mental illness still carries a stigma? Why is it that when people talking about someone who is ill, say in their office, and it's the flu or even cancer, they will discuss it openly, however if it is a mental illness, say depression or schizophrenia, they will whisper about it? Are they afraid that they, too, will succumb to this disease if they admit it's real. Do they feel that they are somehow protecting the dignity of the person with the il...
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Expert & Community Posts
Canadian Researchers Find Psychotropic Drugs Can Affect Driving
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...us, let alone elders who are in the early stages of dementia. Also, many people without... Read more »
Screening for Alzheimer's Disease: Some Ethical Issues
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert...people with MCI are at a high risk of progressing to dementia, one of which is dementia of the... Read more »
04/24/07 Podcast - Can Migraine Protect Memory?
By MigraineCast , Health Expert...they're using a blunt tool that is designed to pick up dementia at one end of the spectrum, not... Read more »
Anxiety in the Elderly
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...effective up to and including the early stages of dementia (Johnson, 1991). Older people... Read more »
The MS Personality: Fact or Fiction?
By Merely Me , Health Expert...denote a personality profile of someone suffering from dementia. What did they suspect as the... Read more »
Health Guide
Types of Dementia
Overview When most people think of dementia they immediately think of Alzheimer’s Disease, but this is not the only form of dementia. Dementia is a general term used to describe a gradual... Read more »Organic brain syndrome
...varying degrees of confusion, delirium (severe, short-term loss of brain function), agitation, and dementia (long-term, often progressive, loss of brain function). Signs and tests ... Read more »Organic Brain Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease
...Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Huntington disease Multiple sclerosis Normal pressure hydrocephalus Pick disease Senile dementia, Alzheimer type Parkinson's diseaseDiffuse Lewy Body disease ... Read more »Alzheimers -- Defining Alzheimers
Alzheimer's Defined | Causes and Risks | Symptoms and Diagnosis | Treatment and Research | FAQs Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's memory, thinking, and reasoning... Read more »Alcoholism: Complications
...drinking on breast cancer is unclear.Neurologic or Mental DisordersBenefits: May be protective against dementia.Risks: Insomnia. headache.Memory impairment and problems in thinking and... Read more »Medications
...mind active with mental exercises to help prevent dementia. Discuss with your doctor lifestyle... Read more »
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