Clinical manual of Alzheimer disease and other dementias / edited by Myron F. Weiner, Anne M. Lipton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiner, Myron F., 1934-

Lipton, Anne M., 1966-

American Psychiatric Association.

Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alzheimer's disease.

Dementia.

Alzheimer Disease.

Medical Subjects:

Alzheimer Disease.

Dementia.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 428 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Psychiatrists and neurologists distill and update material in The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias (Weiner and Lipton 2009) for clinicians to use as a quick and practical guide. Among the topics discussed are medical and neurological evaluation and diagnosis, neuroimaging, dementia with Lewy bodies and other synucleinopathies, traumatic brain injury, pharmacological treatment, and supporting family members. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Neuropsychiatric assessment and diagnosis / Myron F. Weiner, Robert Garrett, Mary E. Bret

Medical/neurological evaluation and diagnosis / Anne M. Lipton, Craig D. Rubin

Neuropsychological assessment / C. Munro Cullum, Laura H. Lacritz

Neuroimaging / Norman L. Foster

Alzheimer disease / David S. Geldmacher

Mild cognitive impairment / Yonas E. Geda, Selamawit Negash, Ronald C. Petersen

Vascular cognitive impairment / Cassandra E.I. Szoeke ... [et al.]

Dementia with lewy bodies and other synucleinopathies / Rawan Tarawneh, James E. Galvin

Frontotemporal dementia and other tauopathies / Anne. M. Lipton, Adam Boxer

Traumatic brain injury / Erin D. Bigler

Other causes of dementia / Edward Y. Zamrini, Mary Quiceno

Psychiatric disorders in people with dementia / Martin Steinberg, Constantine G. Lyketsos

Pharmacologic treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms / Roy Yaari, Pierre N. Tariot, Danielle Richards

Pharmacologic treatment of alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment / Martin R. Farlow, Malaz Boustani

Supporting family caregivers / Kristin Martin-Cook, Myron F. Weiner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781585624225

1585624225

OCLC:

744289016