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The concept of mild cognitive impairment: a victim of its ubiquity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2018

Cynthia A. Munro
Cynthia A. Munro*
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD, USA Email: [email protected]
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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a term used to describe individuals with cognitive impairment that is not severe enough to affect daily functioning (e.g. Petersen, 2004; Winblad et al., 2004). Although MCI has been used to describe cognitive abnormality due to any number of causes that can be progressive, stable, or reversible, it is most often considered to be a transition phase between normal cognition and dementia.

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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 30 , Issue 10: Issue Theme: Mild Cognitive Impairment , October 2018 , pp. 1423 - 1425
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2018 

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