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Dementia

Joseph F. Quinn (Editor)
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
eBook, English, 2013
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, 2013
Internet Resources
1 online resource
9781118656198, 9781118656105, 9781118656228, 9781118656082, 9780470674246, 1118656199, 1118656105, 1118656229, 1118656083, 0470674245
844373139
Print version:
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