Mrs. April Masal, a 68-year-old woman, is brought to her doctor by her daughter, who fears that her memory loss, mental dullness, and word-finding

Mrs. April Masal, a 68-year-old woman, is brought to her doctor by her daughter, who fears that her memory loss, mental dullness, and word-finding problems mean that she has progressive and irreversible senile dementia.Medical history elicits the facts that she lost her husband 6 months previously, has been extremely depressed, and is taking sleeping pills and not eating properly.What would the doctor hypothesize about the probability of senile dementia in this case?

Dementia and Stress Though, ‘senile dementia’ is a common disease in this age, especially in case of women whohave passed menopause condition. But, here the patient history may be helpful in...