Alcohol dementia
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Alcohol dementia, which is sometimes associated with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, is a form of dementia caused by long-term or excessive drinking resulting in neurological damage and memory loss. Other names for the condition are alcoholic dementia, alcohol related dementia[1] and alcohol-induced persisting dementia.
Well-known sufferers
- Socialite Leonore Lemmon
References
External links
- Alcoholism & Substance Abuse: Alcohol Dementia
- Facts about Dementia
- Clinical concept of alcoholic dementia
