Posted by Zana on April 17, 2009, at 21:50:38
In reply to mental illness vs dementia??, posted by B2chica on April 17, 2009, at 13:36:36
Dementia is pretty hard to miss. It's like you would forget you had just been asked a question. You have "memory impairment, language disturbances, impaired ability to carry out motor activities, disturbance in executive functioning. The onset is gradual." That's from the DSM. But I do think depression causes it's own kind of thought disorder which involves some of the same features.
Zana
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