'Major neurocognitive disorder' is the old dementia - Philippine Star

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'Major neurocognitive disorder' is the old dementiaPhilippine StarThe hallowed term “dementia” is supposed to be tossed onto the scrapheap of discarded psychiatric nomenclature replaced by “major neurocognitive disorder.” When the DSM-5 was released in 2013, the American Psychiatric Association gave a year's grace ...