| Description |
xviii, 557 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and -- Other Dementias -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Introduction to the Dementias -- Chapter 1 Dementia and Alzheimer Disease -- Chapter 2 Epidemiology and Impact of Dementia -- Part II Evaluation and Diagnosis of Dementia -- Chapter 3 Neuropsychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis -- Chapter 4 Medical Evaluation and Diagnosis -- Chapter 5 Neuropsychological Assessment -- Chapter 6 Neuroimaging -- Chapter 7 Dementia as a Psychobiological Process -- Part III Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias -- Chapter 8 Alzheimer Disease -- Chapter 9 Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Chapter 10 Vascular Cognitive Impairment -- Chapter 11 Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Other Synucleinopathies -- Chapter 12 Frontotemporal Dementia and other Tauopathies -- Chapter 13 Traumatic Brain Injury -- Chapter 14 Other Dementias -- Chapter 15 Psychiatric Disorders in People with Dementia -- Part IV Treatment of Dementia -- Chapter 16 Pharmacologic Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms -- Chapter 17 Behavioral and Environmental Management -- Chapter 18 Pharmacologic Treatment of Alzheimer Disease and MCI -- Chapter 19 Management of Late-Stage Dementia -- Part V Caregiving, Legal, and Ethical Issues -- Chapter 20 Supporting Family Caregivers -- Chapter 21 Legal Issues -- Chapter 22 Ethical Issues and Patterns of Practice -- Part VI Dementias: The Future -- Chapter 23 Biomarkers for the Dementias -- Chapter 24 Molecular and Genetic Basis of Alzheimer Disease -- Chapter 25 The Future of Dementia Treatment -- Chapter 26 Prevention of Dementia. -- Appendices -- Appendix A. History Form -- Appendix B. Level of Function Scale -- Appendix C. Mental Status Examination -- Appendix D. Neurological examination -- Appendix E. Alzheimer?s Disease Cooperative Study ADL Living Scale -- Appendix F. Neuropsychiatric Inventory: Community Dwelling Version -- Appendix G. Agitated Behavior in Dementia Scale -- Appendix H. Quality of Life in Alzheimer?s Disease Scale -- Appendix I. Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia Scale -- Appendix J. Resources |
| Summary |
An up-to-date and comprehensive overview of dementia for psychiatrists and other health care practitioners who deal with cognitively impaired adults in outpatient, inpatient, and long-term care settings. With content ranging from clinical guidance to basic research, it contains information on nearly every subject related to dementing conditions or illnesses. Not only providing extensive coverage of clinical management issues but also enabling a deeper understanding of the causes of dementia. Designed to assist the practitioner faced with everyday dilemmas, from dosages of antipsychotic drugs to legal and ethical issues, this textbook describes in detail the most common conditions and diseases leading to dementia and covers pharmacologic, behavioral, and environmental treatments. It also considers a broader range of cognitive disorders and impairment in order to help practitioners recognize and treat primary brain diseases and systemic disorders affecting the brain before they reach the stage of dementia. An abundance of charts and illustrations, extensive references and additional readings, and chapter-end key points make this a practical volume for learning, while appendixes include easily administered instruments useful in daily practice for grading cognition, day-to-day function, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and quality of life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Alzheimer's disease.
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Dementia.
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Alzheimer Disease.
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Dementia.
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| Author |
Weiner, Myron F., 1934-
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Lipton, Anne M., 1966-
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American Psychiatric Publishing.
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| LC no. |
2008040484 |
| ISBN |
9781585622788 alkaline paper |
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