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 observational study included 2,044 participants living in Hirosaki City, Japan, who were originally included in a study exploring dementia and heart disease risk.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Emma married Bruce in 2009, and has become an advocate for him and caregivers since the Pulp Fiction star was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Specialized memory clinics remain scarce in many parts of the country, and studies have shown that dementia is often underdiagnosed among people with lower socioeconomic status.
—Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Large population studies have identified modifiable risk factors, including cardiovascular and metabolic health, sleep, physical activity, and social engagement, which together account for a substantial proportion of dementia risk.
—Elizabeth Bevins, STAT, 16 June 2026
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Emma married Bruce in 2009, and has become an advocate for him and caregivers since the Pulp Fiction star was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Specialized memory clinics remain scarce in many parts of the country, and studies have shown that dementia is often underdiagnosed among people with lower socioeconomic status.
—Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
Large population studies have identified modifiable risk factors, including cardiovascular and metabolic health, sleep, physical activity, and social engagement, which together account for a substantial proportion of dementia risk.
—Elizabeth Bevins, STAT, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
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Brennan explained that explorations of society’s associations with mental health, both broadly in the aftermath of World War II and specifically Gein’s own struggles with schizophrenia, were key when penning the script.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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Brown had a history of violent crime, including assaults and robberies, and had also been diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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However, what seemed like the perfect life was really a complex house of cards built on lies and insanity.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Support ballot measures or candidates (not named Steyer) focused on reforming the state’s zoning and regulatory insanity.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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This extravagant, cartoonish, and shockingly unfunny folly about the hysteria surrounding a Japanese invasion of California shows a boy-wonder director testing his limits — and overstepping them.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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Lacey Bond is 13 as the Satanic Panic hysteria sweeps the nation, seeing her parents arrested and accused of horrendous crimes.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Driven by revenge and madness, Sweeney Todd slices necks he is meant to just shave.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
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Horkheimer and Adorno had concluded that advanced capitalism, far from being a technocratic monolith, had an inherent tendency toward chaos and madness.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Among the Cambodians to exploit the instability was Toek Tik, a once-impoverished former Khmer Rouge foot soldier whose confessions helped investigators substantiate some of their claims against Latchford.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Edmon said graduating high school can be especially difficult for youth who have experienced foster care and housing instability because many have had to repeatedly adjust to new schools, teachers, and classmates.—
Terrance Friday,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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