Alzheimer disease and other dementias :a practical guide
[book]
/Marc E. Agronin
2nd ed
Philadelphia
: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
, c2008
xviii, 350 p.
:ill. ;20 cm
Practical guides in psychiatry
Rev. ed. of: Dementia / Marc E. Agronin. c2004
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-336) and index
Dementia defined -- The dementia interview -- The dementia workup I: history -- The dementia workup II: physical, neurologic, and mental status examinations -- The dementia workup III: medical, psychiatric, and neuropsychological tests -- Mild cognitive impairment -- Alzheimer disease: definition and diagnosis -- Treatment of Alzheimer disease -- Vascular dementia -- Dementia with Lewy bodies -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Dementia associated with medical conditions -- Assessment of agitation and psychosis -- Treatment of agitation and psychosis -- Assessment and treatment of depression and apathy -- Caring for the caregiver -- Legal and ethical issues.
Alzheimer Disease -- therapy.
Alzheimer Disease -- diagnosis.
Dementia -- therapy.
Dementia -- diagnosis.
Geriatric psychiatry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Caregivers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.