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Dementia in the elderly was once called senile dementia or senility, and viewed as a normal and somewhat inevitable aspect of aging. [ 287 ] [ 288 ] By 1913–20 the term dementia praecox was introduced to suggest the development of senile-type dementia at a younger age.
Senile: Senility; broad term (with some legitimate medical usage) referring to older people with declining mental capabilities. The term is used also against people with still good mental capabilities, merely due to their age.
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Senilità, translated into English as As a Man Grows Older [1] or Emilio's Carnival, [2] is Italo Svevo's second novel, first published in 1898. The novel's protagonist is Emilio Brentani, a failed writer torn between his longing for love and pleasure and his regret for not enjoying either.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. [2] It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. [2] [15] The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. [1]
Since a report released on Thursday by special counsel Robert Hur described President Joe Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” there have been significant misperceptions about the ...
A monograph by Eugen Bleuler on dementia praecox (1911). Dementia praecox (meaning a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") is a disused psychiatric diagnosis that originally designated a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood.
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