When you think of dementia, you probably picture the vacant, blank face of an Alzheimer’s patient. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, but it’s certainly not the only one. There are other types of dementia, some of which are reversible with proper treatment. What are the most common causes of reversible dementia? ...
Imagine a family member no longer recognized you as the person you are. Now imagine that family member believes you are a stand-in or an imposter of the real you. An individual who misidentifies a family member or friend may have Capgras delusion. This mental disorder gets its name from the psychiatrist, Joseph Capgras, who ...
Huntington’s disease or also known as Huntington’s chorea is a neurodegenerative disease that causes degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. The disease is genetic in nature as it is caused by inheriting a faulty gene. Because of the death of nerve cells, a patient with Huntington’s disease may experience involuntary movements called chorea, cognitive ...
Many people are affected by memory loss and slower cognitive processes as they age. Memory loss is not in itself an indicator of dementia. There are a number of different types of dementia and even more causes of the mental disorder most commonly associated with aging. A final diagnosis of dementia is often long in ...
Huntington’s Disease, HD, or Huntington’s Chorea as it is sometimes known, is a genetic disorder whose symptoms usually appear in patients between the ages of 30 and 45. The onset is characterized by jerky, uncoordinated body movements and a decline in some mental abilities. Death usually occurs around 15 to 20 years after diagnosis. The ...
There are several psychological syndromes that affect the lives of nearly everyone around the world. It seems there is hardly a person that isn’t directly or in some other way affected by either Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, or Multiple sclerosis. Perhaps you or someone you know is even affected in some way by ...