#dementia__dementedness mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
supertype: insanity relatively permanent disorder of the mind
subtype: alcoholic_dementia__alcoholicdementia__alcohol_amnestic_disorder__Korsakoff's_psychosis__Korsakoff's_syndrome__Korsakov's_psychosis__Korsakov's_syndrome__polyneuritic_psychosis dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
subtype: presenile_dementia__preseniledementia dementia with onset before the age of 65
subtype: Alzheimer's_disease__Alzheimer's__Alzheimers a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness
subtype: Pick's_disease a progressive form of presenile dementia found most often in middle-aged and elderly women and characterized by degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes with loss of intellectual ability and transitory aphasia
subtype: senile_dementia__senile_psychosis dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
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