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Mild cognitive impairment and dementia : definitions, diagnosis, and treatment / Glenn E. Smith, Mark W. Bondi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Glenn E.
- Series:
- Oxford workshop series.
- Oxford workshop series / American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia--Treatment.
- Dementia.
- Mild cognitive impairment.
- Cognition disorders--Diagnosis.
- Cognition disorders.
- Cognition disorders--Treatment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2013
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book reviews the neuropsychology of common and a few rare neurodegenerative conditions. The mild cognitive impairment prodrome of each condition is highlighted. Chapters include an autopsy-confirmed case presentation from the authors' files, current diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, neuropathology/neurophysiology, genetics, neuroimaging, associated clinical features, differential neuropsychological features and possible interventions.
- Contents:
- Introduction: terminology for the continuum from normal cognitive aging to dementia
- Role of neuropsychological measurement in MCI and dementia assessment
- Normal cognitive aging
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer's disease
- Vascular dementia
- Dementia with lewy bodies / with guest author Tanis J. Ferman
- Frontotemporal dementias
- Atypical dementias / with David P. Salmon
- Interventions for the behavioral disturbances of dementia.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-990915-6
- OCLC:
- 859404219
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