Dementia

"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.

Descriptor ID	D003704
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
Concept/Terms	Dementia Dementia Dementias Amentia Amentias Senile Paranoid Dementia Senile Paranoid Dementia Dementias, Senile Paranoid Paranoid Dementia, Senile Paranoid Dementias, Senile Senile Paranoid Dementias Familial Dementia Familial Dementia Dementia, Familial Dementias, Familial Familial Dementias

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Dementia [C10.228.140.380]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Neurocognitive Disorders [F03.615]
Dementia [F03.615.400]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 123 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	1	0	1
1996	4	0	4
1998	2	0	2
1999	1	0	1
2000	2	0	2
2002	5	0	5
2003	5	0	5
2005	4	0	4
2006	2	0	2
2007	7	3	10
2008	5	0	5
2009	4	1	5
2010	5	1	6
2011	6	2	8
2012	4	0	4
2013	4	2	6
2014	7	1	8
2015	9	0	9
2016	3	2	5
2017	5	2	7
2018	8	0	8
2019	3	5	8
2020	6	0	6
2021	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.

Carbone E, Gardini S, Pastore M, Piras F, Vincenzi M, Borella E. Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Older Adults With Mild-to-Moderate Dementia in Italy: Effects on Cognitive Functioning, and on Emotional and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 10 30; 76(9):1700-1710.

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Mittelman MS, O'Connor MK, Donley T, Epstein-Smith C, Nguyen A, Nicholson R, Salant R, Shirk SD, Stevenson E. Longitudinal study: understanding the lived experience of couples across the trajectory of dementia. BMC Geriatr. 2021 10 15; 21(1):558.

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Amini S, Zhang L, Hao B, Gupta A, Song M, Karjadi C, Lin H, Kolachalama VB, Au R, Paschalidis IC. An Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Method for Dementia Detection Using Images from the Clock Drawing Test. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021; 83(2):581-589.

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Fritze T, Doblhammer G, Widmann CN, Heneka MT. Time course of dementia following sepsis in German health claims data. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2021 01; 8(1).

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Anderson JG, Bartmess M, Hundt E, Jacelon C. "A Little Bit of Their Souls": Investigating the Concept of Dignity for People Living With Dementia Using Caregivers' Blogs. J Fam Nurs. 2021 02; 27(1):43-54.

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Maclagan LC, Maxwell CJ, Harris DA, Campitelli MA, Diong C, Lapane KL, Hogan DB, Rochon P, Herrmann N, Bronskill SE. Sex Differences in Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Patterns: A Cohort Study of Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents with Dementia in Ontario, Canada. Drugs Aging. 2020 11; 37(11):817-827.

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Tran EM, Stefanick ML, Henderson VW, Rapp SR, Chen JC, Armstrong NM, Espeland MA, Gower EW, Shadyab AH, Li W, Stone KL, Pershing S. Association of Visual Impairment With Risk of Incident Dementia in a Women's Health Initiative Population. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 06 01; 138(6):624-633.

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Haring B, Liu J, Rapp SR, Shimbo D, Padula CB, Mozhui K, Li W, Espeland M, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Heart Rate, Brain Imaging Biomarkers and Cognitive Impairment in Older (?63 years) Women. Am J Cardiol. 2020 08 15; 129:102-108.

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Owens DK, Davidson KW, Krist AH, Barry MJ, Cabana M, Caughey AB, Doubeni CA, Epling JW, Kubik M, Landefeld CS, Mangione CM, Pbert L, Silverstein M, Simon MA, Tseng CW, Wong JB. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2020 02 25; 323(8):757-763.

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Jedele JM, Curyto K, Ludwin BM, Karel MJ. Addressing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia Through STAR-VA Implementation: Do Outcomes Vary by Behavior Type? Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2020 Jan-Dec; 35:1533317520911577.

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