Posted by LostBoyinNC46 on June 9, 2015, at 13:48:50
In reply to Re: It used to be called dementia praecox » LostBoyinNC46, posted by SLS on June 8, 2015, at 22:13:34
I think the old, original name was best. It sounds more medical than psychological, which for most people would sound less scary and less stigmatizing.
I mean, when you say your Grandma has Alzheimers or had a stroke and now has severe dementia and your family had to put her in a nursing home, people are usually pretty sympathetic about that.
Its because they think of dementia as a brain problem and not a psych problem.
So, Id say dementia praecox would be the best name. "Early dementia." Instead of developing dementia at old age of say, 75 or 80, you developed severe dementia at age 19 or 21 because your brain went bad early.
Pretty simple to me.
Eric AKA "LostBoyinNC"
> What name might you suggest? I haven't given it much thought.
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