Features of Alzheimer include all except
More common in females
Recent memory loss
MMSE useful in diagnosis
Medications offer near 100% cure
Dementia is a chronic organic mental disorder, characterized by the following main clinical features: 1. Impairment of intellectual functions, 2. Impairment of memory (predominantly of recent memory, especially in early stages), 3. Deterioration of personality with lack of personal care. Reference: A sho textbook of Psychiatry by Niraj Ahuja, page no.22.
Organic mental disorders