Central Nervous System

Dementia

Dementia is an organic mental disorder characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities involving impairment of memory, judgment and abstract thinking and changes in personality.

Depression

Depression, also known as clinical or severe depression, is a state of intense sadness and melancholia that has become disruptive to an individual’s ability to function socially and complete the daily activities of life. Most people feel depressed and “down” at some point in their life; it is when these feelings are prolonged that clinical depression is suspect. According to the World Health Organization, clinical depression is currently the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and is expected to become the leading cause of disability worldwide by the year 2020.