Dementia : comprehensive principles and practice / edited by Bradford C. Dickerson and Alireza Atri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dickerson, Bradford C., editor.

Atri, Alireza, editor.

Standardized Title:

Dementia (Dickerson)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (705 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dementia: Comprehensive Principles and Practice is a clinically-oriented book designed for clinicians, scientists, and other health professionals involved in the diagnosis, management, and investigation of disease states causing dementia. A ""who's who"" of internationally-recognized experts contribute chapters emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach to understanding dementia. The organization of the book takes an integrative approach by providing three major sections that (1) establish the neuroanatomical and cognitive framework underlying disorders of cognition, (2) provide fundamental as w

Contents:

Cover; Dementia; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Plates; Part I Functional Neuroanatomy and Cognitive Neuroscience of Dementia; 1 Cognitive Functions and the Cerebral Cortex; 2 Neuroanatomy and Behavioral Neurology of Subcortical Systems; 3 Executive Control, the Regulation ofGoal-Directed Behaviors, and theImpact of Dementing Illness; 4 Memory Systems in Dementia; 5 Motor Programming Disorders in Dementia; Part II The Dementias: The Major Diseases and Clinical Syndromes; 6 The Neuropathology of Neurodegenerative Dementias

7 Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy8 Frontotemporal Dementia; 9 Primary Progressive Aphasia; 10 Posterior Cortical Atrophy; 11 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration; 12 Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease Dementia; 13 Vascular Cognitive Impairment; 14 Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Cognitive Impairment; 15 The Differential Diagnosis of Rapidly Progressive and Rare Dementias; 16 Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Dementia; 17 Mild Cognitive Impairment; 18 Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Part III Assessment, Diagnosis, and Comprehensive Treatment: From Principles to Practice19 Dementia Screening and Mental Status Examination in Clinical Practice; 20 Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia; 21 Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia; 22 Neuroimaging, Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers, and Genetic Testing in Dementia; 23 Pharmacological Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease; 24 Management of Agitation, Aggression, and Psychosis Associated With Alzheimer's Disease; 25 Management of Depression, Apathy, and Sexualized Inappropriate Behavior in Dementia

26 Nonpharmacological Approaches to Managing Behavior Symptoms in Dementia27 The Role of the Family in the Care and Management of Patients With Dementia; 28 Mental Competence and Legal Issues in Dementia Care; Index; About the Editors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-932172-8

0-19-934884-7

0-19-992846-0

OCLC:

883408402