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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824536303321

Titolo

Dementia / / edited by Joseph F. Quinn, MD ; cover design by Sarah Dickinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-65619-9

1-118-65608-3

1-118-65622-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Neurology in Practice

Altri autori (Persone)

QuinnJoseph F. <1962->

DickinsonSarah

Disciplina

616.8/3

Soggetti

Dementia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.