"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
| Descriptor ID |
D003704
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Dementia- Dementia
- Dementias
- Amentia
- Amentias
Senile Paranoid Dementia- Senile Paranoid Dementia
- Dementias, Senile Paranoid
- Paranoid Dementia, Senile
- Paranoid Dementias, Senile
- Senile Paranoid Dementias
Familial Dementia- Familial Dementia
- Dementia, Familial
- Dementias, Familial
- Familial Dementias
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Systematic Identification of Caregivers of Patients Living With Dementia in the Electronic Health Record: Known Contacts and Natural Language Processing Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2025 May 05; 27:e63654.
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Increasing representation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in aging, dementia, and caregiving research: An update from the CARE registry. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Apr; 21(4):e70144.
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Do type, timing and duration of life course non-employment differentially predict dementia risk? An application of sequence analysis. Soc Sci Med. 2025 May; 372:117976.
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Effect of Incident Stroke on Dementia Risk Over 10 Years in a Cohort of Asian American and Non-Latino White Older Adults in California. Neurology. 2025 Apr 08; 104(7):e213488.
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Sociodemographic modifiers of effects of statin initiation on dementia incidence: An emulated trial design in a large health care member population with 10+ years of follow-up. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Mar; 21(3):e14627.
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Independent associations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Feb; 21(2):e14575.
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Improving How Caregivers of People Living With Dementia Are Identified in the Electronic Health Record: Qualitative Study and Exploratory Chart Review. JMIR Aging. 2024 Dec 13; 7:e59584.
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Hypertension control and risk of age-associated dementia in people with HIV infection. AIDS. 2025 Jan 01; 39(1):85-90.
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Stakeholder-informed pragmatic trial protocol of the TabCAT-BHA for the detection of cognitive impairment in primary care. BMC Prim Care. 2024 Aug 06; 25(1):286.
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Visual Impairment, Eye Conditions, and Diagnoses of Neurodegeneration and Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2424539.