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title="Demenz – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Demenz" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%81" title="خرف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="خرف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Մտագարութիւն – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Մտագարութիւն" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="ডিমেন্‌চিয়া – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ডিমেন্‌চিয়া" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teko_tarova" title="Teko tarova – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Teko tarova" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demensiya" title="Demensiya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Demensiya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A6%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="دیمئنسییا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دیمئنسییا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B6" title="চিত্তভ্রংশ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="চিত্তভ্রংশ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Дэменцыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дэменцыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Дэмэнцыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дэмэнцыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Деменция – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Деменция" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demencija" title="Demencija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Demencija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem%C3%A8ncia" title="Demència – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Demència" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demence" title="Demence – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Demence" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorddryswch" title="Gorddryswch – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gorddryswch" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demens" title="Demens – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Demens" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demenz" title="Demenz – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Demenz" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementsus" title="Dementsus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Dementsus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Άνοια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άνοια" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Dementia" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demencia" title="Demencia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Demencia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demenco" title="Demenco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Demenco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementzia" title="Dementzia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dementzia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%84" title="زوال عقل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زوال عقل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9mence" title="Démence – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Démence" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demintens" title="Demintens – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Demintens" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9altr%C3%BA" title="Néaltrú – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Néaltrú" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demencia" title="Demencia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Demencia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B6%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE" title="ડિમેન્શિયા – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ડિમેન્શિયા" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%98%EB%A7%A4" title="치매 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="치매" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Dementia" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Դեմենցիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դեմենցիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97" title="मनोभ्रंश रोग – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मनोभ्रंश रोग" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demencija" title="Demencija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Demencija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementeso" title="Dementeso – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Dementeso" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demensia" title="Demensia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Demensia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demenza" title="Demenza – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Demenza" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F" title="שיטיון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שיטיון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF" title="ಬುದ್ಧಿಮಾಂದ್ಯ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಬುದ್ಧಿಮಾಂದ್ಯ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="დემენცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დემენცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8E%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%95%D9%84" title="زَوال عقٕل – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="زَوال عقٕل" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B6%D1%83" title="Алжу – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Алжу" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimenshia" title="Dimenshia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Dimenshia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demenza" title="Demenza – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Demenza" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Dementia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C4%81npr%C4%81t%C4%ABba" title="Plānprātība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Plānprātība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demenz" title="Demenz – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Demenz" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silpnaprotyst%C4%97" title="Silpnaprotystė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Silpnaprotystė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkiensje" title="Verkiensje – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Verkiensje" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demencia" title="Demencia – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Demencia" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Деменција – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Деменција" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="മേധാക്ഷയം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മേധാക്ഷയം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demenzja" title="Demenzja – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Demenzja" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7" title="ديمينشا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديمينشا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demensia" title="Demensia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Demensia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementie" title="Dementie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dementie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" 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Alzheimer's disease is commonly associated with dementia.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Dementia</b> (officially <b>major neurocognitive disorder</b> since 2013) is a group of <a href="/wiki/Disease" title="Disease">diseases</a> with <a href="/wiki/Symptom" title="Symptom">symptoms</a>, which affect the way people think and interact with each other. It can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the <a href="/wiki/Brain" title="Brain">brain</a>. Very often, short-time memory, <a href="/wiki/Mind" title="Mind">mind</a>, <a href="/wiki/Speech" title="Speech">speech</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motor_skills" title="Motor skills">motor skills</a> are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the <a href="/wiki/Personality" title="Personality">personality</a> of the sufferer. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This is the main difference to other conditions affecting the mind. People who suffer from learning problems, or lower intelligence will never acquire certain skills, people suffering from dementia will lose skills they have acquired. </p><p>Dementia is more common in older people, but younger people can be affected as well. Certain forms of dementia can be treated, to some extent. The most common form of dementia is <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a>, which accounts for between 50 and 60 percent of all cases. Other types include <a href="/wiki/Vascular_dementia" title="Vascular dementia">vascular dementia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lewy_body_dementia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewy body dementia">lewy body dementia</a>. In 2019, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia ranked as the 7th leading cause of death. Women are disproportionately affected.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Famous people who suffered from dementia include <a href="/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet" title="Augusto Pinochet">Augusto Pinochet</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chilean</a> leader, and also <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks" title="Rosa Parks">Rosa Parks</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> <a href="/wiki/Activist" class="mw-redirect" title="Activist">activist</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, a <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> <a href="/wiki/President" title="President">President</a>, had dementia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diagnosis/symptoms"><span id="Diagnosis.2Fsymptoms"></span>Diagnosis/symptoms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Diagnosis/symptoms" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Diagnosis/symptoms"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People who see the following <a href="/wiki/Signs_and_symptoms" title="Signs and symptoms">signs and symptoms</a> worsen may suffer from dementia:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Decision-making ability</li> <li>Judgment</li> <li>Orientation in time and space</li> <li>Problem solving</li> <li>Verbal communication</li></ul> <p>Behavioral changes may include: </p> <ul><li>Eating</li> <li>Dressing (may need assistance)</li> <li>Interests</li> <li>Routine activities (may become unable to perform household tasks)</li> <li>Personality (inappropriate responses, lack of emotional control)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Causes">Causes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Causes" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Causes"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some types dementia are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reversible&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reversible (not yet started)">reversible</a>. This means the damage can be undone. Other types are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Irreversible&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Irreversible (not yet started)">irreversible</a>. This means that they cannot be undone. Irreversible dementia is usually caused by an incurable disease, such as <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a>. </p><p>Reversible causes of dementia also include <a href="/wiki/Diffuse_axonal_injury" title="Diffuse axonal injury">diffuse axonal injury</a> after <a href="/wiki/Injury" title="Injury">injuries</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Head" title="Head">head</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Brain" title="Brain">brain</a>, known medically as <a href="/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury" title="Traumatic brain injury">Traumatic brain injury</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease">Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease</a> causes a dementia that gets worse quickly, over weeks or months, and is caused by <a href="/wiki/Prion" title="Prion">prions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ,other forms like <a href="/wiki/Encephalopathy" title="Encephalopathy">encephalopathy</a> or <a href="/wiki/Delirium" title="Delirium">delirium</a> may develop relatively slowly, over a number of years. </p><p>The two leading causes of dementia are <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Multi-infarct_disease&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Multi-infarct disease (not yet started)">Multi-infarct disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid11213093_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid11213093-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Glioma" title="Glioma">Glioma</a> related tumors are another kmown cause. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alcohol_dementia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alcohol dementia (not yet started)">Alcohol dementia</a>, is sometimes associated with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, and is caused by long-term or uncontrolled, heavy <a href="/wiki/Alcohol" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Alcohol">alcohol</a> abuse. </p><p>Possible metabolic causes are such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hepatic_encephalopathy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hepatic encephalopathy (not yet started)">liver failure</a> or <a href="/wiki/Kidney_failure" title="Kidney failure">kidney failure</a>; and chronic <a href="/wiki/Subdural_hematoma" title="Subdural hematoma">subdural hematoma</a>. Possible other causes may include brain infection by illnesses like <a href="/wiki/Meningitis" title="Meningitis">meningitis</a> leading in cases to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Viral_encephalitis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Viral encephalitis (not yet started)">viral encephalitis</a> drug toxicity (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Anticonvulsant" title="Anticonvulsant">anticonvulsant</a> drugs). A recent report by <a href="/wiki/Science_Daily" title="Science Daily">Science Daily</a> says that <a href="/w/index.php?title=Researchers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Researchers (not yet started)">researchers</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bergen" title="University of Bergen">University of Bergen</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> have discovered a connection between <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oral_health&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oral health (not yet started)">Oral health</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alzheimers_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Alzheimers disease">Alzheimers disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_dementia">History of dementia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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id="Lewy_body_dementia">Lewy body dementia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Lewy body dementia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Lewy body dementia"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lewy_body_dementia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewy body dementia">Lewy body dementia</a> (LBD) is an <a href="/wiki/Umbrella_term" class="mw-redirect" title="Umbrella term">umbrella term</a> for two similar and common [types or] <a href="/w/index.php?title=Subtype&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subtype (not yet started)">subtypes</a> of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">dementia</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-Walker2015_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker2015-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dementia_with_Lewy_bodies" title="Dementia with Lewy bodies">dementia with Lewy bodies</a> (DLB) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Parkinson%27s_disease_dementia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parkinson's disease dementia (not yet started)">Parkinson's disease dementia</a> (PDD).<sup id="cite_ref-Gomperts2016_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gomperts2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pezzoli2017_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pezzoli2017-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Galasko2017_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Galasko2017-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kon2020_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kon2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both are characterized by changes in thinking, movement, behavior, and mood.<sup id="cite_ref-Walker2015_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker2015-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two (illnesses or) conditions have (some things that are similar, or) similar features; They are believed to be some of the illnesses that belong on a <a href="/wiki/Spectrum" title="Spectrum">spectrum</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lewy_body_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewy body disease">Lewy body disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gomperts2016_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gomperts2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that includes <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kon2020_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kon2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2014, media said that they [are given wrong <a href="/wiki/Diagnosis" title="Diagnosis">diagnosis</a> often, or] more often misdiagnosed than any other common dementia.<sup id="cite_ref-Taylor2014_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor2014-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dementia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span 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title="Frontotemporal dementia">Frontotemporal dementia</a>/<a href="/w/index.php?title=Frontotemporal_lobar_degeneration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (not yet started)">Frontotemporal lobar degeneration</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pick%27s_disease&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pick's disease (not yet started)">Pick's</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewy_bodies_dementia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewy bodies dementia (not yet started)">Lewy bodies dementia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Posterior_cortical_atrophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Posterior cortical atrophy (not yet started)">Posterior cortical atrophy</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vascular_dementia" title="Vascular dementia">Vascular dementia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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started)">Autoimmune</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inflammatory_demyelinating_diseases_of_the_central_nervous_system&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (not yet started)">Inflammatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">Multiple sclerosis</a></li> <li>For more detailed coverage, see <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Demyelinating_diseases_of_CNS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Demyelinating diseases of CNS (not yet started)">Template:Demyelinating diseases of CNS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Episodic/<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paroxysmal_attack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paroxysmal attack (not yet started)">paroxysmal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Epileptic_seizure" class="mw-redirect" title="Epileptic seizure">Seizures</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epilepsy" title="Epilepsy">epilepsy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Focal_seizure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Focal seizure (not yet started)">Focal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Generalized_epilepsy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Generalized epilepsy (not yet started)">Generalised</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Status_epilepticus" title="Status epilepticus">Status epilepticus</a></li> <li>For more detailed coverage, see <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Epilepsy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Epilepsy (not yet started)">Template:Epilepsy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Headache</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Migraine" title="Migraine">Migraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cluster_headache" title="Cluster headache">Cluster headache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tension_headache" title="Tension headache">Tension</a></li> <li>For more detailed coverage, see <a href="/wiki/Template:Headache" title="Template:Headache">Template:Headache</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cerebrovascular_disease" title="Cerebrovascular disease">Cerebrovascular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transient_ischemic_attack" title="Transient ischemic attack">TIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">Stroke</a></li> <li>For more detailed coverage, see <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Cerebrovascular_diseases&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Cerebrovascular diseases (not yet started)">Template:Cerebrovascular diseases</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sleep_disorders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sleep disorders (not yet started)">Sleep disorders</a> <ul><li>For more detailed coverage, see <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Sleep&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template:Sleep (not yet started)">Template:Sleep</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cerebrospinal_fluid" title="Cerebrospinal fluid">CSF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Intracranial_pressure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Intracranial pressure (not yet started)">Intracranial hypertension</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hydrocephalus" title="Hydrocephalus">Hydrocephalus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Normal_pressure_hydrocephalus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Normal pressure hydrocephalus (not yet started)">Normal pressure hydrocephalus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choroid_plexus_papilloma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Choroid plexus papilloma (not yet started)">Choroid plexus papilloma</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Idiopathic_intracranial_hypertension&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (not yet started)">Idiopathic intracranial hypertension</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerebral_edema" title="Cerebral edema">Cerebral edema</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spontaneous_cerebrospinal_fluid_leak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak (not yet started)">Intracranial hypotension</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brain_herniation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brain herniation (not yet started)">Brain herniation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reye_syndrome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reye syndrome (not yet started)">Reye syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hepatic_encephalopathy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hepatic encephalopathy (not yet started)">Hepatic encephalopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toxic_encephalopathy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toxic encephalopathy (not yet started)">Toxic encephalopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hashimoto%27s_encephalopathy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hashimoto's encephalopathy (not yet started)">Hashimoto's encephalopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fetal_alcohol_spectrum_disorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder">Static Encephalopathy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Both/either</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Degenerative" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neurodegenerative_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Neurodegenerative 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href="/wiki/Motor_neuron_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor neuron disease">MND</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Upper_motor_neuron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Upper motor neuron (not yet started)">UMN</a> only:</i> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Primary_lateral_sclerosis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Primary lateral sclerosis (not yet started)">Primary lateral sclerosis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pseudobulbar_palsy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pseudobulbar palsy (not yet started)">Pseudobulbar palsy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hereditary_spastic_paraplegia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hereditary spastic paraplegia (not yet started)">Hereditary spastic paraplegia</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_motor_neuron&action=edit&redlink=1" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Spinal_muscular_atrophy_with_lower_extremity_predominance_2B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance 2B (not yet started)">SMALED2B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontocerebellar_hypoplasia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pontocerebellar hypoplasia (not yet started)">SMA-PCH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spinal_muscular_atrophy_with_progressive_myoclonic_epilepsy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spinal muscular atrophy with progressive myoclonic epilepsy (not yet started)">SMA-PME</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_muscular_atrophy" title="Progressive muscular atrophy">Progressive muscular atrophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_bulbar_palsy" title="Progressive bulbar palsy">Progressive bulbar palsy</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fazio%E2%80%93Londe_disease&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fazio–Londe disease 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emotional_and_behavioral_disorders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emotional and behavioral disorders (not yet started)">Emotional and behavioral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder" title="Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder">ADHD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conduct_disorder" title="Conduct disorder">Conduct disorder</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oppositional_defiant_disorder" title="Oppositional defiant disorder">ODD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emotional_and_behavioral_disorders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emotional and behavioral disorders (not yet 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title="Stuttering">Stuttering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cluttering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cluttering (not yet started)">Cluttering</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tic_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tic disorder (not yet started)">Tic disorder</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tourette_syndrome" title="Tourette syndrome">Tourette syndrome</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Intellectual_disability" title="Intellectual disability">Intellectual disability</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=X-linked_intellectual_disability&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="X-linked intellectual disability (not yet started)">X-linked intellectual disability</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lujan%E2%80%93Fryns_syndrome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lujan–Fryns syndrome (not yet started)">Lujan–Fryns syndrome</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Psychological development<br />(<a href="/wiki/Developmental_disability" title="Developmental disability">developmental disabilities</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pervasive_developmental_disorder" title="Pervasive developmental disorder">Pervasive</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Specific_developmental_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Specific developmental disorder (not yet started)">Specific</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mood_(affective)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Mood_disorder" title="Mood disorder">Mood</a> (affective)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bipolar_disorder" title="Bipolar disorder">Bipolar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bipolar_I_disorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Bipolar I disorder">Bipolar I</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bipolar_II_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bipolar II disorder (not yet started)">Bipolar II</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bipolar_disorder_not_otherwise_specified&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified (not yet started)">Bipolar NOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclothymia" title="Cyclothymia">Cyclothymia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depression_(mood)" title="Depression (mood)">Depression</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atypical_depression" title="Atypical depression">Atypical depression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dysthymia" title="Dysthymia">Dysthymia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Major depressive disorder">Major depressive disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melancholic_depression" title="Melancholic depression">Melancholic depression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder" title="Seasonal affective disorder">Seasonal affective disorder</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mania" title="Mania">Mania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Neurological_and_symptomatic" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Neurological and symptomatic</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Autism_spectrum" title="Autism spectrum">Autism spectrum</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autism" class="mw-redirect" title="Autism">Autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asperger_syndrome" title="Asperger syndrome">Asperger syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-functioning_autism" title="High-functioning autism">High-functioning autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pervasive_developmental_disorder_not_otherwise_specified" title="Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified">PDD-NOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savant_syndrome" title="Savant syndrome">Savant syndrome</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dementia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease" title="Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease">Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontotemporal_dementia" title="Frontotemporal dementia">Frontotemporal dementia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%27s_disease" title="Huntington's disease">Huntington's disease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mild_cognitive_impairment" title="Mild cognitive impairment">Mild cognitive impairment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vascular_dementia" title="Vascular dementia">Vascular dementia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HIV-associated_neurocognitive_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (not yet started)">AIDS dementia complex</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pick%27s_disease&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pick's disease (not yet started)">Pick's disease</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sundowning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sundowning (not yet started)">Sundowning</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wandering_(dementia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wandering (dementia) (not yet started)">Wandering</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delirium" title="Delirium">Delirium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organic_brain_syndrome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Organic brain syndrome (not yet started)">Organic brain syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post-concussion_syndrome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Post-concussion syndrome (not yet started)">Post-concussion syndrome</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Neurotic,_stress-related_and_somatoform" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Neurosis" title="Neurosis">Neurotic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stress_(biology)" title="Stress (biology)">stress</a>-related and <a href="/wiki/Somatic_symptom_disorder" title="Somatic symptom disorder">somatoform</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adjustment_disorder" title="Adjustment disorder">Adjustment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjustment_disorder" title="Adjustment disorder">Adjustment disorder</a> with depressed mood</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anxiety_disorder" title="Anxiety disorder">Anxiety</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Phobia" title="Phobia">Phobia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agoraphobia" title="Agoraphobia">Agoraphobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_anxiety_disorder" title="Social anxiety disorder">Social phobia</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthropophobia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anthropophobia (not yet started)">Anthropophobia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Specific_social_phobia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Specific social phobia (not yet started)">Specific social phobia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Specific_phobia" title="Specific phobia">Specific phobia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claustrophobia" title="Claustrophobia">Claustrophobia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Social_anxiety&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Social anxiety (not yet started)">Social anxiety</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Generalized_anxiety_disorder" title="Generalized anxiety disorder">Generalized anxiety disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive–compulsive disorder">OCD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panic_attack" title="Panic attack">Panic attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panic_disorder" title="Panic disorder">Panic disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_stress" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychological stress">Stress</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acute_stress_disorder" title="Acute stress disorder">Acute stress disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder" title="Post-traumatic stress disorder">PTSD</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dissociative_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dissociative disorder (not yet started)">Dissociative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder" title="Dissociative identity disorder">Dissociative identity disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fugue_state" title="Fugue state">Fugue state</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Depersonalization-derealization_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Depersonalization-derealization disorder (not yet started)">Depersonalization-derealization disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Psychogenic_amnesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Psychogenic amnesia (not yet started)">Psychogenic amnesia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Somatic_symptom_disorder" title="Somatic symptom disorder">Somatic symptom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder" title="Body dysmorphic disorder">Body dysmorphic disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_pregnancy" title="False pregnancy">False pregnancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypochondriasis" title="Hypochondriasis">Hypochondriasis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness" class="mw-redirect" title="Mass psychogenic illness">Mass psychogenic illness</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conversion_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conversion disorder (not yet started)">Conversion disorder</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ganser_syndrome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ganser syndrome (not yet started)">Ganser syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Globus_pharyngis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globus pharyngis (not yet started)">Globus pharyngis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Psychogenic_non-epileptic_seizure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (not yet started)">Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nosophobia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nosophobia (not yet started)">Nosophobia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Psychogenic_pain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Psychogenic pain (not yet started)">Psychogenic pain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Somatization_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Somatization disorder (not yet started)">Somatization disorder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Physiological_and_physical_behavior" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Physiological and physical behavior</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eating_disorder" title="Eating disorder">Eating</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anorexia_nervosa" title="Anorexia nervosa">Anorexia nervosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulimia_nervosa" title="Bulimia nervosa">Bulimia nervosa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rumination_syndrome&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rumination syndrome (not yet started)">Rumination syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Other_specified_feeding_or_eating_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Other specified feeding or eating disorder (not yet started)">Other specified feeding or eating disorder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nonorganic <a href="/wiki/Sleep_disorder" title="Sleep disorder">sleep</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hypersomnia" title="Hypersomnia">Hypersomnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insomnia" title="Insomnia">Insomnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasomnia" title="Parasomnia">Parasomnia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Night_terror" title="Night terror">Night terror</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightmare" title="Nightmare">Nightmare</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rapid_eye_movement_sleep_behavior_disorder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (not yet started)">REM sleep behavior disorder</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Psychiatric_disorders_of_childbirth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Psychiatric disorders of childbirth (not yet started)">Postnatal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postpartum_depression" title="Postpartum depression">Postpartum depression</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postpartum_psychosis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Postpartum psychosis (not yet started)">Postpartum psychosis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sexual_dysfunction" title="Sexual dysfunction">Sexual dysfunction</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sexual_dysfunction#Sexual_arousal_disorders" title="Sexual dysfunction">Arousal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erectile_dysfunction" class="mw-redirect" title="Erectile dysfunction">Erectile dysfunction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Female_sexual_arousal_disorder" title="Female sexual arousal disorder">Female sexual arousal disorder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sexual_dysfunction#Sexual_desire_disorders" title="Sexual dysfunction">Desire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hypersexuality" title="Hypersexuality">Hypersexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypoactive_sexual_desire_disorder" title="Hypoactive sexual desire disorder">Hypoactive sexual desire disorder</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sexual_dysfunction#Orgasm_disorders" title="Sexual dysfunction">Orgasm</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premature_ejaculation" title="Premature ejaculation">Premature ejaculation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anorgasmia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anorgasmia (not yet started)">Anorgasmia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delayed_ejaculation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delayed ejaculation (not yet started)">Delayed ejaculation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sexual_anhedonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sexual anhedonia (not yet started)">Sexual anhedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spontaneous_orgasm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spontaneous orgasm (not yet started)">Spontaneous orgasm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sexual_dysfunction#Sexual_pain_disorders" title="Sexual dysfunction">Pain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nonorganic <a href="/wiki/Dyspareunia" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyspareunia">dyspareunia</a></li> <li>Nonorganic <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaginismus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vaginismus (not yet started)">vaginismus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Psychoactive_substances,_substance_abuse_and_substance-related" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Psychoactive_drug" title="Psychoactive drug">Psychoactive</a> substances, <a href="/wiki/Substance_abuse" title="Substance abuse">substance abuse</a> and substance-related</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drug_overdose" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug overdose">Drug overdose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_dependence" title="Physical dependence">Physical dependence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stimulant_psychosis" title="Stimulant psychosis">Stimulant psychosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Substance_dependence" class="mw-redirect" title="Substance dependence">Substance dependence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drug_withdrawal" title="Drug withdrawal">Withdrawal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Substance_intoxication&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Substance intoxication (not yet started)">Intoxication</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rebound_effect&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rebound effect (not yet started)">Rebound effect</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Schizophrenia,_schizotypal_and_delusional" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Schizophrenia" title="Schizophrenia">Schizophrenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schizotypal_personality_disorder" title="Schizotypal personality disorder">schizotypal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delusional_disorder" title="Delusional disorder">delusional</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Delusional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delusional_disorder" title="Delusional disorder">Delusional disorder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux" title="Folie à deux">Folie à deux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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