as in schizophrenia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
doctors were able to treat the patient's dementia with drugs and thus allow him to function on his own
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Recent Examples of dementia
The onset of dementia and other memory conditions also becomes more common.
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Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
In 2023, she was placed under a conservatorship after being diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
La Jolla researchers say there is a pressing need for cost-effective tests for markers of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia in groups considered underrepresented in studies — particularly Latinos.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Tara Haelle explores the reasons for that and profiles one program aiming to help states coordinate and improve care for dementia patients and their caregivers.
—Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
In 2023, she was placed under a conservatorship after being diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
La Jolla researchers say there is a pressing need for cost-effective tests for markers of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia in groups considered underrepresented in studies — particularly Latinos.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Tara Haelle explores the reasons for that and profiles one program aiming to help states coordinate and improve care for dementia patients and their caregivers.
—Lauren Gravitz, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
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Brown had 14 prior arrests and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, his mother told the Charlotte Observer.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Brown is diagnosed with schizophrenia, his mother said.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Johnson had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, the outlets reported.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The gunman was found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent decades at a mental hospital before he was released in 2016 and freed from court restrictions in 2022.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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McCarthy and his cronies engineered a hysteria over left-wing ideologies and their sympathizers, encouraging tactics like loyalty oaths and provoking paranoia over a suggestion that communist spies were omnipresent in America.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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Our hearts go out to his family, but this should not have become a springboard for hysteria, partisanship, and meltdown.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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Also along for the ride is Anthony Carrigan as the enigmatic Bodie, dragged into the fray as the mystery unravels into madness.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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That’s because just two weeks separate the regular season from October madness, and MLB’s playoff race could not be more chaotic.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Its nuclear dimension raises the risk of a nuclear war in the Middle East at a time when the region is rocked by instability and conflict spanning Israel, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria in particular.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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More instability is likely ahead.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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