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Chapter 9 - Alcohol-Related Brain Damage

from Section 2 - Diagnosing Different Types of Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2024

Simon Gerhand
Simon Gerhand
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Hywel Dda Health Board, NHS Wales
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Summary

This chapter reviews alcohol-related brain damage, and argues this is best conceptualised as a form of acquired brain injury and not a true dementia. Diagnostic criteria are reviewed, along with the hypothesised mechanisms for how alcohol consumption leads to brain injury by its function as a toxic agent. Wernicke–Korsakoff’s syndrome is considered in detail, in terms of alcoholic Korsakoff’s and non-alcoholic Korsakoff’s, both of which arise from acute vitamin B deficiency.

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alcoholWernicke–Korsakoff’s syndromealcohol-related brain damagenon-alcoholic Korsakoff’sthiaminevitamin B
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The Neuropsychology of Dementia
A Clinician's Manual
 , pp. 121 - 130
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Alcohol-Related Brain Damage
  • Simon Gerhand, Hywel Dda Health Board, NHS Wales
  • Book: The Neuropsychology of Dementia
  • Online publication: 25 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009025911.010
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  • Simon Gerhand, Hywel Dda Health Board, NHS Wales
  • Book: The Neuropsychology of Dementia
  • Online publication: 25 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009025911.010
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