Dementia
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Dementia: Definition and Background 3
Dementia: Definition and Background
The American Heritage Dictionary defines dementia as: 1. Deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brain. It is sometimes accompanied by emotional disturbance and personality changes. 2. Madness; insanity. ( Dictionary n.d.). In ancient times, dementia was thought of as a madness given to sinful people, by the gods. They believed that the person was possessed by demons, hence the name dementia...