Progressive mental deterioration.
The loss of cognition that usually is progressive. It interferes with normal social and occupational activities and leads to disorientation, impaired memory, judgment and emotions.
The loss of some intellectual abilities, characterized by loss of awareness and confusion.
Chronic loss of mental capacity due to an organic cause. Dementia may involve progressive deterioration of thinking, memory, behavior, personality and motor function, and may also be associated with psychological symptoms such as depression and apathy.
a broad term used for impaired intellectual functioning severe enough to interfere with a person's normal social and work life.
A condition in which intellectual or cognitive functions deteriorate, with little disturbance of consciousness. Usually the intellectual failure is accompanied by changes in behavior or personality. Dementia can be caused by cerebral atrophy (mainly Alzheimer's disease), multiple infarcts, tumors, Huntington's disease, chronic drug intoxication, AIDS, trauma, to name but a few of the many possible neurologic or other diseases which may be responsible.
A long-term (chronic) state of confusion, which can result from, for example, multiple strokes or Alzheimer's disease search for Dementia
Progressive impairment of intellectual function that interferes with performing the activities of daily living. Patients have little awareness of their condition. Found in disorders such as Alzheimer's.
Loss of mental capacity. Demented people may have hallucinations and may not remember recent events or familiar people.
Dementia is a deterioration of intellectual faculties (memory, concentration and judgment) that results from a disorder of the brain. It may sometimes be accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. Decline from the individual's former intellectual level and emotional apathy may also be noticeable.
a significant loss of cognitive functions such as thinking and memory, which interferes with an individual's daily function and everyday life. It may be caused by many different disorders.
a general mental deterioration due to organic or psychological factors.
a group of symptoms involving progressive impairment of brain function.
Dementia is a term for the loss of mental function, such as thinking abilities and memory. Affected individuals become forgetful, confused, unable to understand and to do things that were previously easy for them. Dementia occurs in various brain diseases such as Alzheimerâ€(tm)s disease and CJD.
An organic mental disorder characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities involving impairment of memory.
A progressive state of mental decline. Often includes impaired judgment, memory problems, stupor and disorientation. May be caused by illness, injury, brain disease (such as Alzheimer’s) or age. Diabetes A disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin.
An organic mental disorder characterized by impairment of memory, judgment, and abstract thinking, as well as changes in personality.
The irreversible deterioration of mental faculties with emotional disturbance resulting from organic brain disorder.
A general loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Emotions, personality, and behavior are invariably affected. Caused by an organic brain lesion.
a gradual decline in mental ability usually caused by a brain disease, such as Alzheimer disease
A neurological condition characterized by a progressive decline in intellectual functioning, resulting in impaired judgment, memory, and abstract thinking; disorientation; and personality disintegration. Dementia may result due to various underlying conditions, including certain neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease or Huntington's disease; brain injury or tumors; inflammation of the brain (encephalitis); successive strokes; or a condition known as normal-pressure hydrocephalus, which is characterized by enlargement of cavities (ventricles) of the brain, with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure at the upper end of normal. (CSF flows through and protects the ventricles of the brain, the spinal canal, and the space between layers of the membrane [meninges] enclosing the brain and spinal cord.) Normal-pressure hydrocephalus is associated with dementia, gait disturbances, and an inability to control urination (urinary incontinence).
(deh-MEN-tcha) Condition of deteriorated mentality, often with emotional apathy. Dementia may be caused by a large number of conditions, some reversible and some progressive, that cause widespread cerebral damage or dysfunction.
the loss of previously attained intellectual ability; a severe, progressive and irreversible brain disease.
Changes in mental function, co-ordination and personality resulting from direct effects of HIV infection in the brain.
Partial or total loss of personality and other significant mental functions, due to mental deterioration, but without psychosis.
progressive deterioration of specific cognitive functions
Decline in cognitive functions of sufficient severity to interfere with usual functioning. Memory loss is prominent; other features may include impairment in judgment, abstract thinking, language, recognition, and personality changes.
A deterioration in higher mental ability. In the context of head injury, the term is used to mean a major reduction in reasoning capacity rather than impairment of such skills as MEMORY (qv) and ATTENTION (qv)
Considerable loss of intellectual abilities; severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Diagnostic criteria include impairment of attention, orientation, memory, judgment, language, motor and spatial skills and function.
a condition where an individual has suffered a significant loss in cognitive functioning and ability to think due to physical brain disease. However, consciousness is not affected. The individual cannot then work or function socially.
Dementia is a problem in the brain that makes it hard for a person to remember, learn and communicate; eventually is becomes difficult for a person to take care of himself or herself. This disorder can also affect a person's mood and personality.
Impairment of the intellect acquired as a result of disease or damage to the brain. Used to contrast with the term amentia, which pertains to learning difficulty arising from a lack of normal intellectual development from birth or infancy.
A group of mental symptoms including severe memory loss, confusion, disorientation, delusions, personality changes, and difficulty with language and math.
Between 30 and 40 percent of Parkinson's patients suffer from dementia; loss of mental acuity
A state characterized by loss of function in multiple cognitive domains. Dementia describes or is a part of a variety of diseases and conditions. A person suffering from dementia generally has memory impairment and at least one of the following: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, and/or disturbances in executive functioning. Alzheimer’s disease is one type of dementia.
an organic mental disorder resulting in permanent or progressive general loss of intellectual abilities (e.g., memory, judgement, and abstract thinking) and changes in personality; most common cause is Alzheimer's disease
progressive cognitive disorder. Impaired memory, language, thinking and perception.
Deterioration of mental faculties—memory, judgment, abstract thought, control of impulses, intellectual ability—that impairs social and occupational functioning and eventually changes the personality. See Alzheimer's disease.
A decline in a person's level of intellectual functioning. Dementia includes memory loss as well as difficulties with language, simple calculations, planning or decision-making, and motor (muscular movement) skills.
A deteriorating mental state with a variety of causes, characterized by reduction of intellectual faculties, including memory, judgement and abstract thinking. There may be associated poor impulse control and/or personality change. Dementia may be progressive, reversible or static.
A clinical term used to describe a group of brain disorders that disrupt and impair cognitive functions (thinking, memory, judgment, personality, mood, and social functioning). Also, see Senility in this Glossary.
A syndrome of persisting decline in global cognitive functioning, including impaired memory, and one or more severe deficits in cognition resulting in severe social and occupational impairment. In dementia, the patient’s sensorium remains intact in contrast to delirium, in which the individual is grossly disoriented. Multiple causes have been identified for dementia, including neurologic disorders, numerous medical disorders, toxic exposure, chronic alcohol or illicit substance abuse, and others.
Dementia is a condition affecting the brain, where there is loss of memory and disturbance of higher cortical function like thinking, orientation, understanding, judgement and abstract thinking
a medical condition that disrupts the way the brain works
a syndrome featuring deterioration of previously acquired intellectual abilities sufficiently severe to interfere with social or occupational functioning, or both
a syndrome of impaired cognition caused by brain dysfunction
A progressive decline of mental functions, resulting in memory loss and confusion that interefere with a person's routine, daily activities; A group of brain activities that includes short-term memory, planning, and staying focused on a task. close window
a term for a collection of symptoms that significantly impair thinking and normal activities and relationships.
a term which describes a group of diseases (including Alzheimer's disease) which are characterized by memory loss and other declines in mental functioning.
severe loss of brain capability that interferes with social ability or ability to work.
An organic syndrome of acquired, persistent impairment in memory, language, perceptual, cognitive, and ultimately motor function.
A disorder in which there is chronic loss or impairment of mental powers and memory due to organic causes (brain disease) and severe enough to interfere with work or social functioning.
loss of cognition and mental functions due to a disease or disease process.
a global impairment of cognitive function that usually is progressive and may be permanent, interferes with normal social and occupational activities
A generally profound and progressive loss of intellectual function, sometimes associated with personality change, that results from loss of brain substance, and is sufficient to interfere with a person's normal functional activities.
The slow progressive loss of multiple intellectual functions. Dementia is caused of death of brain cells and is a permanent dysfunction. Dementia affects the brain but spares other parts of the body.
a disorder in which mental functions deteriorate and breakdown. Thinking, reasoning, memory, and judgement may be affected. Types of dementia include Alzheimer's disease, toxic dementia, senile dementia, Pick's disease, and dementia paralytica.
Dementia is a form of mental impairment in which cognitive and intellectual functions of the mind are prominently affected; impairment of memory is an early sign; total recovery is not possible since organic cerebral disease is involved.
An organic mental disorder of general loss of intellectual abilities involving impaired memory, judgment and abstract thinking as well as personality changes.
A progressive mental disorder characterized by personality changes, confusion, disorientation, diminished intelligence, and impaired memory and judgment.
cognitive deficit or memory impairment due to progressive brain injury.
deterioration of intelligence.
Deterioration of mental ability, generally caused by organic brain disease, less often by psychological factors. Characterized by disorientation and loss of memory and intellect. Also called organic dementia.
Dementia refers to a group of symptoms that are caused by changes in brain function. Signs of dementia include changes in memory, personality, and behavior. Dementia makes it hard for a person to carry out normal daily activities.
Loss of mental faculties as a result of Alzheimer's disease or other brain impairment.
Impaired intellectual function that results in loss of memory, language skills, motor skills, orientation, perception, reasoning, and personality.
An abnormal condition marked by multiple cognitive deficits that include memory loss and at least one other cognitive deficit.
A progressive illness involving loss of memory, loss of intellectual functions like reasoning and planning, and eventual loss of physical functions and personality. [See Diagnosis] [ Quick find
Dementia is characterised by confusion, memory loss, poor problem-solving and poor concentration.There are many diseases that lead to dementia, the most common being Alzheimer's disease. Dementia usually occurs in older people. Dementia in people under 65 is known as early onset dementia. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a rarer form of dementia that shares characteristics with both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.Vascular dementia occurs when cells in the brain are deprived of oxygen. Many symptoms are the same as other forms of dementia, however there are some differences.
pathological deterioration of higher cortical functions (memory, logic thought, orientation, affection etc.).
A gradual decline in cognitive abilities, including impairment of memory, thinking, and judgment, as well as the inability to pay attention and learn. Personality may deteriorate. Dementia is not a disease in itself but rather a group of symptoms that may accompany certain diseases or conditions. Symptoms may also include changes in personality, mood, and behavior. Dementia is irreversible when caused by disease or injury but may be reversible when caused by drugs, alcohol, hormone or vitamin imbalances, or depression. 29
a broad term referring to the symptoms associated with a decline in cognitive function to the extent that it interferes with daily life and activities.
A condition of deteriorated mental function.
A condition consisting of several cognitive impairments including significant memory deficit.
Dementia is a gradual decline in mental abilities such as memory, thinking, concentrating and problem-solving. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, but rarer forms include, Picks disease, Parkinsonism and Lewy body disease.
Doctors Jane and Alexander) A condition marked by the deterioration of mental abilities, such as the ability to remember, judge, or concentrate, resulting from an organic cause within the brain. This condition is often, though not exclusively, associated with old age. Sometimes it is accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. Alzheimer’s Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease are both forms of dementia, though some dementia, such as that exhibited in Doctors Jane and Alexander, can be the result of a stroke.
A progressive disorder that affects memory and judgment.
A group of symptoms that may accompany certain diseases or physical conditions. Dementia results in the loss of intellectual functions (thinking, remembering and reasoning) of sufficient severity to interfere with a person's daily functioning.
A mental disorder characterized by the loss of intellectual abilities and, frequently, personality changes due to deterioration of the brain. Alzheimer's disease is a frequent example.
mental disorder resulting in progressive loss of intellectual abilities with impairment of memory, judgment, abstract thinking, personality
A progressive mental disorder that may be a disease in itself or a consequence of other conditions, such as stroke. Dementia results in increased difficulty remembering and performing everyday tasks. Alzheimer's disease is one of the many kinds of dementia.
Mental deterioration due to organic causes.
A condition of deteriorated mentality.
A type of disease characterized by progressive loss of memory, learning, and thinking ability.
is a chronic, organic mental illness that produces a global deterioration in one’s cognitive abilities (thinking clearly and logically, remembering, etc.) and which usually runs a deteriorating course.
Organically derived mental deterioration.
Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. See the entire definition of Dementia
term that describes several diseases, which are marked by memory loss and other declines in mental functioning (such as Alzheimer's).
An acquired loss of cognitive function that may affect language, attention, memory, personality and abstract reasoning.
A disorder in which there is loss or impairment of mental powers due to organic causes (physical disease) and severe enough to interfere with work or social functioning. Memory disturbance is the most prominent symptom. Other symptoms include personality change and impairment of abstract thinking, judgment and control of impulses. Dementia may be progressive, static or reversible, depending on the particular conditions of the disease and its treatment.
A condition common in Alzheimer's patients and patients with AIDS characterized by loss of coordination, forgetfulness, confusion, changes in personality, and inability to concentrate.
A condition of deteriorated mental capacity often with emotional apathy.
deterioration of intellectual faculties, often accompanied by emotional disturbance. HIV is active in the brain (central nervous system) and can cause dementia, even in those with high CD4 counts and low viral loads. Treatment usually involves an anti-HIV drug -- such as AZT -- that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. (also called ADC)
a broad complex of symptoms such as disorientation, confusion, memory loss, impaired judgment, and alterations in mood and personality -- which symptoms can arise from a variety of causes
According to the the Alzheimer's Association, dementia is a set of symptoms of specific diseases or conditions such as Alzheimers, aging, alcoholism, depression and more. These symptoms can include problems with thinking and memory loss, loss of reasoning skills, personality changes and mood swings.
Dementia is a disturbance in thinking and remembering that affects daily life. The symptoms of dementia can include changes in personality, mood and behavior. Disease and injury cause irreversible dementia. But dementia caused by drugs, alcohol, hormone imbalances, vitamin deficiencies or depression may be reversible.
A disorder where brain cells die more quickly than in ordinary ageing, resulting in memory loss and confusion. Although affecting different cells to those affected in PD, it is experienced by some, especially elderly, patients with PD
Deterioration of intellectual functioning and personality changes due to physical causes as in Alzheimer's Disease.
A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes due to organic brain disease. It is marked by short term memory loss, changes in personality, deterioration in personal care, impaired reasoning ability, and disorientation.
Progressive neurological, cognitive or medical disorder that affects memory, judgment and cognitive processes. Alzheimer’s disease is type of dementia associated closely with aging.
A condition marked by an incapacitating decline of intellectual abilities, including memory and the ability to think.
A loss of intellectual abilities. It is experienced by some, especially elderly Parkinson's disease patients.
The progressive loss of mental facilities including short- and long-term memory. This condition is characterized by mental disorientation and impaired judgment; it typically has an adverse effect on emotions, and learning capabilities, and it may cause functional incontinence.
A condition in which a person loses the ability to think, remember, learn, make decisions, and solve problems. Symptoms may also include personality changes and emotional problems. There are many causes of dementia, including Alzheimerâ€(tm)s disease, brain cancer, and brain injury. Dementia usually gets worse over time.
severe mental problems caused by disease affecting the brain, "losing one's mind."
severe memory loss and confusion
Chronic intellectual impairment (i.e., loss of mental capacity) with organic origins that affects a person's ability to function in a social or occupational setting. See AIDS Dementia Complex.
A chronic, progressive and generally irreversible loss in mental capabilities. Symptoms can include memory loss and confusion affecting the ability to function in a social or occupational setting.
a syndrome characterised by a general loss of intellectual skills. It is manifested by memory blocks, lack of judgement and the loss of abstract reasoning, and personality changes. Other functions that may be affected include the emotions, behaviour and the motor system.
An organically caused mental disorder characterized by loss of previously held mental abilities, including intellect, memory, and judgment.
Mental deterioration because of diseases.
Deterioration of mental ability, generally caused by an organic brain disease, less often by psychological factors. Characterized by disorientation and loss of memory and intellect. (See also Alzheimer's)
deterioration of intellectual faculties resulting from a disorder of the brain and often accompanied by emotional disturbance; disorders include senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type, multi-infarct dementia, reversible dementia, progressive neurological disorders, alcohol-induced dementia, serious and persistent mental illness, spinal cord injury, developmental disability, brain injury. Alzheimer's disease accounts for approximately 60% of cases of organic dementia in the elderly and multi-infarct dementia comprises approximately 25% of the cases of dementia in the elderly.
The loss, usually progressive, of cognitive and intellectual functions, without impairment of perception or consciousness; caused by a variety of disorders, most commonly structural brain disease. Characterized by disorientation, impaired memory, impaired judgment, lowered intellect, and a shallow labile (changing) affect.
Severe impairment of mental functions and global cognitive abilities of long duration (months to years) in an alert individual. Some forms (especially Alzheimer's disease) are permanent; others are reversible.
Loss of mental abilities (memory, speech, recognition) as a result of ageing or diseases like Alzheimer's.
A slowing of the mind and gradual loss of intellectual function.
a broad term referring to a condition in which cognitive functions decline.
A progressive decline in mental function.
loss of memory and other cognitive abilities such as a lack of comprehension, inability to recognize familiar objects or impairment of social or work functions due to organic causes
A mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of personality, confusion, disorientation, decreased intelligence, and difficulty controlling memory, judgment, and impulses
Deterioration of intellectual faculties due to a disorder of the brain.
A deteriorated mental state due to a disease process. It canresult from many disorders of the nervous system.
Dementia is the loss of intellectual abilities due to organic (biological) deterioration of the brain. Social functioning is usually impaired. Cognitive functioning, including memory, judgment, and abstract thought, is diminished or altered. Alzheimer's dementia is one of the best known dementias. Stroke, concussion, toxicity, neurological disease and vitamin deficiency can produce dementia. Dementia is more common in older persons.
Dementia (from Latin demens) is progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Particularly affected areas may be memory, attention, language and problem solving, although particularly in the later stages of the condition, affected persons may be disoriented in time (not knowing what day, week, month or year it is), place (not knowing where they are) and person (not knowing who they are). Symptoms of dementia can be classified as either reversible or irreversible depending upon the etiology of the disease, although dementia, by definition, is irreversible and will eventually result in death. Dementia is a non-specific term that encompasses many disease processes just as fever is attributable to many etiologies.
Loss of mental (cognitive) functions such as thinking, remembering, learning, etc. adversely affecting daily routine activities.
Mental deterioration due to an organic cause.
Chronic impairment of thinking (i.e. loss of mental capacity) that affects a person's ability to function in a social or occupational setting. See AIDS Dementia Complex (ADC).
severe impairment of mental functioning.
General loss of short- and long-term memory and mental deterioration. It may affect emotions, abstract thinking, judgement, impulse control and learning and can cause functional incontinence.
Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory and judgement, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning.
progressive mental disorder characterized by confusion, disorientation, and personality disintegration.
Progressive mental disorder that affects memory, judgement and cognitive powers. One type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease.
The loss of intellectual functions (such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning) of sufficient severity to interfere with a person’s daily functioning. Dementia is not a disease itself but rather a group of symptoms that may accompany certain diseases or conditions. Symptoms may also include changes in personality, mood, and behavior. Dementia is irreversible when caused by disease or injury but may be reversible when caused by drugs, alcohol, hormone or vitamin imbalances, or depression.
a chronic or persistent disorder of behaviour and higher intellectual function due to organic brain disease. It is marked by memory disorders, changes in personality, deterioration in personal care, impaired reasoning ability, and disorientation.
impairment of a person's ability to remember past events, be aware of current events in their life, or think in an organized and logical manner.
An acquired progressive impairment of intellectual function. Marked compromise exists in at least three of the following mental activity spheres: memory, language, personality, visuospatial skills, and cognition (i.e., abstraction and calculation).
Loss of cognitive abilities in the presence of intact motor and sensory systems ( Ch. 29).
not a disease itself, but group of symptoms that characterize diseases and conditions; it is commonly defined as a decline in intellectual functioning that is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine activities.
deterioration of mental capability
mental deterioration; a severe organic mental deficiency or impairment.