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
Families dealing with dementia face even greater financial challenges, with additional annual costs ranging from $56,000 to $72,400, compared to standard elder care.
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Although Matthew knows better, his fears recur: Does his fumbling with the lines signal the beginning of Alzheimer’s, dementia?
Some days, his spin on life is triumphant, if willed: Still kicking!
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Music Box Films The project deepened following Friedland’s stint as a part-time caregiver to New York City artists with dementia, which led to teaching filmmaking to older adults.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 June 2025
Over the past 20 years, multisensory stimulation has been evaluated as a non-pharmacological intervention for people living with dementia and other persons with disabilities.
—Anne Ferguson, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Although Matthew knows better, his fears recur: Does his fumbling with the lines signal the beginning of Alzheimer’s, dementia?
Some days, his spin on life is triumphant, if willed: Still kicking!
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Music Box Films The project deepened following Friedland’s stint as a part-time caregiver to New York City artists with dementia, which led to teaching filmmaking to older adults.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 June 2025
Over the past 20 years, multisensory stimulation has been evaluated as a non-pharmacological intervention for people living with dementia and other persons with disabilities.
—Anne Ferguson, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
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This policy is particularly dangerous for people living with schizophrenia, a condition that can profoundly impair a person’s ability to function in daily life.—
Carali McLean,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Recent research has looked at its potential benefits, in very low doses, for treatment of depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 June 2025
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Defense had planned to argue insanity Purdy’s trial had been scheduled to take place in July.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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For the past few days, though, the internet has been gripped with Monterrey wall fever, the kind of mass hysteria that can really only take hold during the long, delirious advance of a summer tournament.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Trump’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ But the government has not signaled any sense of hysteria about Trump’s decision to hold off on a strike on Iran for two weeks.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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Eight is a cursed number, and this is the eighth day of madness.—
Fatemeh Shams
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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Lee’s sensitive, evolving turn as Gi-hun — deeply human amid the madness, paranoia and murder set in bright green and pink surroundings — has made the character the ideal litmus test for Hwang’s critique of an economic system designed to produce titanic winners and losers who face annihilation.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Advertisement Strikes reinforce Chinese view of U.S. instability China already saw the U.S. under the Trump Administration as an unstable partner, particularly after Trump slammed the world with staggering tariff rates before abruptly reversing course.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Yet the aftershocks of 2008 continue, and today’s economic pressures—rising costs, stagnant wages, global instability—are forcing a reckoning.—
Benjamin van der Lande,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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