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Dementia is a clinical syndrome characterized by a gradually progressing cognitive impairment. This impairment is commonly manifested by memory deficits; but the presence of one or more additional cognitive disturbances, including aphasia, agnosia, apraxia or executive dysfunction, is required to make the diagnosis, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria. Those disturbances should be a change from the previous baseline and should cause significant distress to the patient and caregivers. Medical problems that can cause memory impairment, substance abuse and a psychiatric axis I diagnosis need to be ruled out before making the diagnosis of dementia (The American Journal of Psychiatry 164:5–56, 2007).

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  4. Veterans Affairs South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Houston, TX, USA

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Bejjani, C., Kunik, M.E. (2011). Psychological Co-morbidities of Dementia. In: Pagoto, S. (eds) Psychological Co-morbidities of Physical Illness. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0029-6_9

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