痴呆症通常被错误地称为“老年人痴呆症”，这反映了以前普遍但不正确的信念，即严重的智力下降是正常的衰老现象。
Dementia is often incorrectly referred to as "dementia of the old people", which reflects the previously common but incorrect belief that severe mental decline is a normal phenomenon of aging.
