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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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The term "dementia" describes all of the following clinical states, EXCEPT:
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The correct answer is  Dementia is a loss of intellectual functioning. Other operations are affected in dementia, such as language, skilled movements, and perception. However, isolated neurological defects like aphasia are not themselves classified as dementias. Likewise, sensory defects or hemiplegia of body pas would not be included. Nonetheless many of these neurological abnormalities may precede or follow the onset of intellectual dysfunction, thereby taxing the diagnostic acumen of the clinician. Dementia does not necessarily mean a gradual loss of these functions, for it may be of sudden onset (eg, following a stroke). It is a syndrome resulting from a variety of diseases affecting the brain and, in many cases, is remediable with proper diagnosis and treatment. Irrespective of the cause of the disorder, the symptoms are a function of the locus and not the type of disease. Therefore, atrophy affecting the frontal lobes or a tumor involving the same areas may present in a similar fashion. Additionally, there are typical and often prominent behavioral changes that may become evident much earlier in the evolution of the disorder than do problems with orientation, cognition, or memory. Ref: Stoudemire, Clinical Psychiatry, pp 114-118