Alzheimer disease and other dementias :a practical guide
General Material Designation
[book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/Marc E. Agronin
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xviii, 350 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill. ;20 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Practical guides in psychiatry
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Rev. ed. of: Dementia / Marc E. Agronin. c2004
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-336) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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.