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Dementia / edited by Joseph F. Quinn, MD ; cover design by Sarah Dickinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Neurology in practice (Series)
- Neurology in Practice
- Standardized Title:
- Dementia (Quinn)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
- Summary:
- This book looks at dementia and considers topics including: diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dementia; rapidly progressive dementia and its imitators; young onset dementia; depression and whether it is a cause or complication of cognitive decline; prodromal dementia; using psychotropic medications to manage problem behaviors in dementia; palliative care in advanced dementias; legal/economic/social issues in dementia; and assessing outcomes in dementia care. Essential reading for neurologists, psychiatrists, and gerontologists.
- Contents:
- Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dementia / Richard Camicioli
- Rapidly progressive dementia and its mimics / Amy May Lin Quek and Andrew McKeon
- Young onset dementia : how much diagnostic testing is enough? / Anahita Adeli and Keith A. Josephs
- An approach to the problem of normal pressure hydrocephalus / Norman Relkin
- Depression : cause or complication of cognitive decline? / David Mansoor, Sahana Misra, and Linda Ganzini
- Mild cognitive impairment / Ranjan Duara, David A. Loewenstein, Clinton Wright, Elizabeth Crocco, and Daniel Varon
- After the diagnosis : continuing neurologic care of the outpatient with dementia / Anne M. Lipton
- Using psychotropic medications to manage problem behaviors in dementia / Lucy Y. Wang and Murray A. Raskind
- Palliative care in advanced dementias / Ira Byock and Cory Ingram
- Ethical, legal, and social issues in dementia / Amy Y. Tsou and Jason Karlawish
- Assessing outcomes in dementia car / Joel Mack, Amie Peterson, and Joseph Quinn
- Primary prevention of dementia / Joseph Quinn.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on a print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781118656198
- 1118656199
- 9781118656082
- 1118656083
- 9781118656228
- 1118656229
- OCLC:
- 861082106
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