Review:
'A worldwide authorship and excellent editorial control have helped to make this book a comprehensive and up to date guide to these advances.' - Journal of Mental Health
'A comprehensive, one-volume account of Alzheimer's Disease ... well edited ... broad in its scope, and each chapter is extensively referenced.' - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Table of contents:
1. Introduction to the Disease Process: Definitions and Diagnostic Criteria 2. Pathophysiology of the Alzheimer Syndrome 3. Toward a Unified Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology 4. Diagnosis: Typical Clinical Features 5. Non-Alzheimer Dementias 6. Neuropsychological Assessment 7. Structural Brain Imaging (Including Volumetric Data) 8. Functional Imaging of the Brain (Including Function al MRI) 9. Electrophysiological Tests 10. Natural Evolution: Prognostic Factors 11. Global Staging Cognition Mood and Behaviour 12. Functional Autonomy 13. Medical Management: Mood and Behavioral Management 14. AD Symptomatic Drugs 15. Stabilization Strategies 16. Associated Medical Conditions and Complications 17. Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Dementia 18. Community and Institutional Management: Support of Families: Community Based Formal Support Services 19. Institutional Care 20. Ethical and Legal Issues: Determination of Competence 21. Genetic Counselling 22. The Future Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Owing to the success of the first edition and the rapid development of new drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease, Serge Gauthier has approached not only his original contributors but a number of leading clinicians and researchers to give their views based on clinical experience and scientific evidence for the treatment of this disease.
'A worldwide authorship and excellent editorial control have helped to make this book a comprehensive and up to date guide to these advances.' - Journal of Mental Health
'A comprehensive, one-volume account of Alzheimer's Disease ... well edited ... broad in its scope, and each chapter is extensively referenced.' - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Table of contents:
1. Introduction to the Disease Process: Definitions and Diagnostic Criteria 2. Pathophysiology of the Alzheimer Syndrome 3. Toward a Unified Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology 4. Diagnosis: Typical Clinical Features 5. Non-Alzheimer Dementias 6. Neuropsychological Assessment 7. Structural Brain Imaging (Including Volumetric Data) 8. Functional Imaging of the Brain (Including Function al MRI) 9. Electrophysiological Tests 10. Natural Evolution: Prognostic Factors 11. Global Staging Cognition Mood and Behaviour 12. Functional Autonomy 13. Medical Management: Mood and Behavioral Management 14. AD Symptomatic Drugs 15. Stabilization Strategies 16. Associated Medical Conditions and Complications 17. Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Dementia 18. Community and Institutional Management: Support of Families: Community Based Formal Support Services 19. Institutional Care 20. Ethical and Legal Issues: Determination of Competence 21. Genetic Counselling 22. The Future Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Owing to the success of the first edition and the rapid development of new drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease, Serge Gauthier has approached not only his original contributors but a number of leading clinicians and researchers to give their views based on clinical experience and scientific evidence for the treatment of this disease.