Illustration shows neuroanatomical patterns of the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia in an undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences discovered similarities between schizophrenia and dementia as reported on Aug. 4, 2022. Note: Licensed content. (Nikos Koutsouleris/Newsflash)
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16 August 2022
New research has found a link between dementia and schizophrenia that has confirmed a theory that is more than 120 years old and was previously refuted by the scientific community. ‘Dementia praecox’ is a term that was popularised in 1899 by Emil Kraepelin, founder of the psychiatric...