Talk:Korsakoff's syndrome

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[edit] Plain English

Could somebody tell us all, in plain English, what happens when a person has this syndrome? JackofOz 01:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

You'll find your answer in Symptoms. There are six symptoms there, and this is what happens with a person with this symptom.Lova Falk 09:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)


If I wasn't atheist, I'd definitely be saying "Amen to that!". Perhaps the answer to the question is lost in those big words, but I've read it a few times and I'm pretty sure it isn't.

taken from anterograde amnesia --- a syndrome...which causes irreversible anterograde amnesia. I hope that is helpful. -User:Damien Vryce

We need a section entitled 'symptoms'. There must be more to this than 'amnesia caused by lack of Vitamin B and too much booze' Reading up on it more, this syndrome apparantly involves difficulties encoding long term memories which forces the sufferer to fill in memory gaps with sensory cues. (See the above link and the page for House episode 10, 'histories') 134.7.77.147 11:34, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Can we have that reference to House and the link again? Someone took it off, but it would help the article's pace if there were a trivia section and say, a notable sufferers section. Julia Rossi 03:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bush and Korsakoff

George W Bush has been suggested to be a victim of this alcoholism disorder [1].

[edit] plainer English

How chancy is that - a edit conflict. I relinquished my edit until I see what else is happening. As a journo type I can demystify the text and put it into encyclopedic (rather than medical textbook) language, so if that's okay & no-one objects, I can do that. The other thing is that when you start to simplify it (without losing the nitty gritty, natch) there's a lot of repetitive information in the intro that can be grouped under Causes, say. Another thing is that apart from the Wernicke encephalopathy stuff being closely related to Korsakoff's, any more about Wernicke's could be left to that main article. Does anyone want me to demystify other tech-heavy articles? Not maths though. That's another language. and PS, one of the probs with having so many rarified links, when you go there, you have to follow a number of them to find out what's going on which can be frustrating for 'street level' people so to speak Julia Rossi 03:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
PPS - If it's your baby and you want to do the honours, the link at the top of this page, make it more accessible, is very good. Julia Rossi 05:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mixing up two syndromes

In Symptoms, the first two paragraphs are about Korsakoff's. It is followed by a paragraph about Korsakoff's-Wernicke. Then it says: "This disease involves..." Which disease? Korsakoff's or Korsakoff's-Wernicke? Lova Falk 09:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] merge proposal

Alcohol amnestic disorder says that "Korsakoff's psychosis" is an older term for that disease. Is that correct? If so, the two should be merged. If not, then that page needs to be cleaned up. Calliopejen1 11:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

"Korsakoff's syndrome" is the currently accepted term in psychology. Any relevant information should be merged into the article. Absentis 01:15, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Many articles have similar issues. Most solve them by introing (new gerund, sorry) with something to the effect of "Korsakoff's syndrome, also known as Korsakoff's psychosis or alcohol amnestic disorder ... (etc)". We could probably do the same here, and merge all into one article. Then we just need to pick which article will be the main, and which will just redirect. I tend to side with those who say Korsakoff's should be the main article, since it's more familiar to my ears, but there may be an actual protocol that we should follow. (Edit: There is a guideline - see below.) Antelan talk 02:37, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Oh, and to correct myself - The Manual of Style recommends replacement of supplanted eponyms with internationally recognized names - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:MEDMOS . Antelan talk 05:12, 9 July 2007 (UTC)