alcoholic dementia

Examples

• All

• Alcoholic dementia can lead to significant difficulties with daily functioning and quality of life.

• Doctors diagnosed him with alcoholic dementia after many years of heavy drinking.

• Unlike Alzheimer's, alcoholic dementia often spares long-term memory but affects the ability to remember recent events.

• Many people are unaware of alcoholic dementia and its effects.

• Alcoholic dementia can severely impact a person's ability to remember recent conversations.

• In people with alcoholic dementia, long-term memories may remain clear, while new information is forgotten.

• Symptoms of alcoholic dementia include confusion and difficulty recalling recent events.

Synonyms

K

Korsakoff's syndrome

vsalcoholic dementia

• Specialized

1 8.6

A long-lasting memory disorder that prevents making new memories but keeps older memories, often after heavy drinking

centres on the clinical syndrome seen in chronic heavy drinkers rather than cause

K

Korsakoff's psychosis

vsalcoholic dementia

• Specialized

9.1

Long-lasting memory problem with severe short-term memory loss caused by long-term heavy drinking

is the same condition but named differently in medical contexts

K

Korsakov's psychosis

vsalcoholic dementia

• Specialized

9.9

A long-lasting memory disorder after heavy drinking that makes people forget recent events but remember older ones

is the general term used for that same memory loss condition

A

alcohol amnestic disorder

vsalcoholic dementia

• Specialized

9.1

A serious loss of recent memory after long term heavy drinking while older memories stay

is the preferred diagnostic label for the same clinical picture

P

polyneuritic psychosis

vsalcoholic dementia

• Archaic

9.9

A serious memory problem where heavy long-term drinkers lose recent memories but keep old ones

is the broader clinical term for this pattern of memory loss

K

Korsakov's syndrome

vsalcoholic dementia

• Specialized

9.9

A long-lasting memory problem often after heavy drinking that makes a person lose recent memories but keep older ones

focuses on the same symptoms but emphasizes drinking rather than deficiency cause

Antonyms

C

clearheadedness

5.7

The ability to think calmly and make good choices in difficult situations

Surface Forms

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Etymology