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Disorder characterized by a set of inflexible, maladaptive behavior patterns that keep a person from functioning appropriately in society; lack of personal distress

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the answer is dementia, usually develops slowly, first sign is confusion, followed by either a lack of reality or loss of short term memory. often patients develop symptoms that are real to patient, but are not there for families 2 witness.
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