 Dementia
"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
| Descriptor ID |
D003704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Dementia- Dementia
- Dementias
- Amentia
- Amentias
Senile Paranoid Dementia- Senile Paranoid Dementia
- Dementias, Senile Paranoid
- Paranoid Dementia, Senile
- Paranoid Dementias, Senile
- Senile Paranoid Dementias
Familial Dementia- Familial Dementia
- Dementia, Familial
- Dementias, Familial
- Familial Dementias
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2014 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2018 | 11 | 3 | 14 | | 2019 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2020 | 12 | 0 | 12 | | 2021 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2022 | 15 | 1 | 16 | | 2023 | 14 | 0 | 14 | | 2024 | 16 | 4 | 20 | | 2025 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Dai J, Chau T, Corrada MM, Manson SM, O'Connell J, Jiang L. Race and Ethnicity and Comorbidities Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Young-Onset Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2528001.
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Mungas D, Gavett B, Rojas-Saunero LP, Zhou Y, Hayes-Larson E, Shaw C, Farias ST, Widaman K, Fletcher E, Corrada MM, Gilsanz P, Glymour M, Olichney J, DeCarli C, Whitmer R, Mayeda ER. Machine learning diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia in harmonized older adult cohorts. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Aug; 21(8):e70508.
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Goins RT, Shi Y, Corrada MM, Manson SM, O'Connell J, Jiang L. Longitudinal associations of depression and diabetes with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias risk among American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 Jul 24; 80(8).
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Bayer TA, DeVone F, Singh M, Leeder C, Garbin A, Halladay C, McConeghy K, Gravenstein S, Rudolph JL. Change in Distressed Behavior in Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Sep; 26(9):105752.
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Bayliss EA, Powers JD, Weffald LA, Rasmussen JR, Pieper LE, Maiyani M, Norton J, Green AR, Sheehan OC, Boyd CM. Central Nervous System Polypharmacy Among People Living With Dementia. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Aug; 26(8):105708.
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Derington CG, Berchie RO, Scharfstein DO, Andrews RM, Greene TH, Xu Y, King JB, Supiano MA, Sonnen JA, Williamson J, Pajewski NM, Pruzin JJ, Cohen JB, Bress AP. Effect of Initiation and Continuous Adherence to ARBs Versus ACEIs on Risk of Adjudicated Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 Jun 10; 80(7).
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Martin D, Lyons J, Powers JD, Daddato AE, Boxer RS, Bayliss E, Portz JD. Systematic Identification of Caregivers of Patients Living With Dementia in the Electronic Health Record: Known Contacts and Natural Language Processing Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2025 May 05; 27:e63654.
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Coogan PF, Delp L, Hicks JN, Hill-Jarrett TG, Ortiz K, James BD, Bailey Z, Barnes LL, Rosenberg L. Neighborhood disadvantage and the incidence of dementia in US Black women. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Apr; 21(4):e70125.
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Green AR, Rosado RQ, Daddato AE, Wec A, Gleason K, McPhail TT, Merrey J, Weffald L, Swarthout M, Feeser S, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Blinka MD, Bayliss EA, Boxer RS. Aligning Medications With What Matters Most: Conversations Between Pharmacists, People With Dementia, and Care Partners. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Apr; 73(4):1189-1197.
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Rivers C, Ramirez Gomez L, Hanson LC, Ritchie CS, Fischer SM, Mino I, Chavez Granados H, Lynch M, Lum HD. Convening Hispanic/Latino Caregiving Advisors for Inclusive Research in Dementia Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2025 Apr; 28(4):484-491.
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