Artículos de revistas
Cognitive impairment of dementias
Impedimento cognoscitivo en demencias
Registro en:
10.5460/jbhsi.v4.2.34106
Autor
Medina, Luis D.; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, FES Iztacala
Rodríguez Agudelo, Yaneth; Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, MVS
Departamento de Neuropsicología, Mexico, D. F., Mexico.
Institución
Resumen
Dementia, a word that perhaps originated in the 19th century from a Latin word meaning “madness” or being “out of one’s mind,” has long been misunderstood. Originally confused with symptoms now understood to be related to schizophrenia and later incorrectly thought of as being a “normal” occurrence in aging, dementia as a clinical entity is now conceptualized as a syndrome of multiple possible causes that affects one’s memory, thinking, behavior, and overall daily function (Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2010).