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Uniform Title Dementia (Dickerson)
Title Dementia : comprehensive principles and practice / edited by Bradford C. Dickerson & Alireza Atri.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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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 well as cutting-edge material covering specific diseases associated with dementia, and (3) discuss approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of dementing illnesses.
Contents Part 1: 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 and the Regulation of Goal-Directed Behaviors in Dementia ; 4. Memory Systems in Dementia ; 5. Motor Programming Disorders in Dementia ; Part 2: The Dementias: The major diseases and clinical syndromes ; 6. Neuropathology of Neurodegenerative Dementias ; 7. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy ; 8. 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. Differential Diagnosis of Rare and Rapidly Progressive Dementias ; 16. Alzheimer's Disease & Alzheimer's Dementia ; 17. Mild Cognitive Impairment ; 18. Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease ; Part 3: Assessment, diagnosis, and comprehensive treatment: From principles to practice ; 19. Dementia Screening and Mental Status Examination in Clinical Practice ; 20. Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia ; 21. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia: An Overview ; 22. Neuroimaging, Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers, & Genetics Testing in Dementia ; 23. Pharmacological Therapies for AD: Clinical Trials & Future Directions ; 24. Management of Agitation, Aggression and Psychosis associated with Alzheimer's disease ; 25. Management of Depression, Apathy, and Sexualized Inappropriate Behavior in Dementia ; 26. Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Managing Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia ; 27. The role of the family in the care and management of patients with dementia ; 28. Mental Competence and Legal Issues in Dementia Care
Subject Dementia.
Dementia
Démence.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Dementia
Added Author Dickerson, Bradford C., editor.
Atri, Alireza, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Dementia (Dickerson). Dementia 9780199928453 (DLC) 2014004364 (OCoLC)869881404
ISBN 9780199928460 (electronic bk.)
0199928460 (electronic bk.)
1306939275 (ebk)
9781306939270 (ebk)
9780199928453
0199928452
Standard No. AU@ 000055996574

 
    
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