What IS alcohol-induced dementia? Everything you need to know - as Wendy Williams' son blames her diagnosis on hitting bottle too hard

Doctors are using the diagnosis of Wendy Williams to warn that alcohol is an 'important' risk factor for early-onset dementia. And other research has suggested that alcoholism, as well as loneliness and depression, is one of the top risk factors for certain forms of dementia Dr Jurgen Rehm, senior scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, told DailyMail.com: 'In early-onset dementia, alcohol plays a huge role.' Wendy Williams' family said in a new documentary on Lifetime that her dementia could have been caused by alcohol Research published in the Lancet found that 50 percent of French adults with early-onset dementia also had a history of alcohol use disorder However, the issue is extremely nuanced and specific to each person. When there is damage to this portion of the brain speech and language suffers 'That gives you an impression on how close this link is with early onset dementia and alcohol,' Dr Rehm told DailyMail.com. Mr Marchase said that it's difficult to determine exactly how much alcohol it would take to increase the risk of early-onset dementia.