“Many physical illnesses are associated with depression and anxiety, including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, stroke, kidney disease, lung disease, dementia and cancer.” HeartBloodDiseaseAnxietyPressureIncludingCancerIllnessStrokesLungsDiabetesDementiaKidneysHeart DiseaseBlood PressureParkinsonParkinson'sHigh Blood PressureKidney DiseaseDepression And Anxiety Book:Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness Source: Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness
“The pervasive brutality in current fiction - the death, disease, dysfunction, depression, dismemberment, drug addiction, dementia, and dreary little dramas of domestic discord - is an obvious example of how language in exploitative, cynical or simply neurotic hands can add to the weariness, the darkness in the world.” WorldLittlesHandsLanguageFictionDarknessExampleDramaDrugDiseaseAddAddictionCurrentsObviousCynicalNeuroticBrutalityDrug AddictionWearinessDrug AddictDiscordDrearyDementiaDysfunction Author:Tom Robbins
“Savant syndrome is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder. Savant syndrome are some conditions that are superimposed and grafted on to some underlying disability. So savant syndrome is not a disease or disorder in and of itself. It is a collection of characteristics, or symptoms, or behaviors that have grafted on to the underlying disability.” WayConditionsDiseaseBehaviorCharacteristicsCollectionsDisorderDisabilityAutismSymptomsSyndromesDementiaSavants Author:Darold Treffert
“Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.” PeopleNeedsHumansStillsCharacterStoriesIndividualLevelsDiseaseUniqueMental HealthActressesSingersHumaneDementiaAlzheimerHumanness Author:Carey Mulligan
“It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.” PeopleFeelsSeemsDifferencesBattleDiseaseBraveCancerInequalityOld PeopleFartFeeling LonelyDementiaAlzheimerAlzheimer'sOld Farts Author:Terry Pratchett
“I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer's and diseases of dementia. There's just so much scientifically that we don't know, and we can know.” KnowsPassionFocusParticularDiseaseDementiaAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Miles D. White
“I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia.” PeopleWayI CanHelpingCareDiseaseMy FamilyPrivilegeCommittedGuidesRelyGrandmotherMy GrandmotherOrganisationDementiaAlzheimerAlzheimer's Author:Carey Mulligan