The most effective method of preventing AKS is to avoid thiamine deficiency. In Western nations, the most common causes of such a deficiency are alcoholism and eating disorders. Because these are behavioral-induced causes,<unk>  is essentially considered a preventable disease. Thus, fortifying foods with thiamine, or requiring companies that sell alcoholic beverages to supplement them with B vitamins in general or thiamine in particular, could avert many cases.
Korsakoff syndrome
Huntington's disease-like syndrome
Parkinson-plus syndrome
Sydenham's chorea
Benedikt syndrome
Dementia praecox
Catel–Manzke syndrome
Tardive dysmentia