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==Overview==
==Overview==
This section provides a short and straight to the point overview of the disease or symptom.  The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.
The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease.
Dementia is defined as a decline in cognition which is significant enough to interfere with independent, daily functioning.It is characterized by a decline in one or more cognitive domains like learning and memory, executive function, language, complex attention, perceptual-motor, social cognition.


==Causes==
==Causes==

Revision as of 03:33, 11 August 2020

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mounika Lakhmalla, MBBS[2]

Overview

The first sentence of the overview must contain the name of the disease. Dementia is defined as a decline in cognition which is significant enough to interfere with independent, daily functioning.It is characterized by a decline in one or more cognitive domains like learning and memory, executive function, language, complex attention, perceptual-motor, social cognition.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

Diagnosis

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Treatment

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Do's

  • The content in this section is in bullet points.

Don'ts

  • The content in this section is in bullet points.

References

CME Category:Psychiatry


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