The clinical management of early Alzheimer's disease : a handbook / / edited by Reinhild Mulligan, Martial Van der Linden, Anne-Claude Juillerat

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J. : , : Erlbaum, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8/3106
• Soggetto topico: Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimer's disease - Patients - Care
• Altri autori: JuilleratAnne-Claude MulliganReinhild Van der LindenMartial
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Sociodemographic and Economic Aspects; 2 Clinical Aspects; 3 Cognitive-Neuropsychological Aspects; 4 Assessment: The Multidisciplinary Approach; 5 The Role of Memory Clinics in Diagnosis and Management; 6 Pharmacological Treatment: Recent Developments; 7 Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems: Pharmacological Approaches; 8 Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems: Psychosocial Approaches; 9 Cognitive Intervention; 10 The Assessment of Functioning in Daily Life; 11 The Role of Caregivers in Assessment and Intervention ; 12 Taking Care of the CaregiversAuthor Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized. Scientists and practitioners alike have been working to limit it. Their major focus has been patients in the later stages of the disease, when dementia is fully established. Yet patients in the early stages of cognitive decline, far more numerous, often still living independently with family members, present a bewildering variety of challenges. Bringing together leading authors with diverse expertise, this Handbook offers the first
• Titolo autorizzato: The clinical management of early Alzheimer's disease
• ISBN: 1-135-66585-0; 1-283-24144-7; 9781410607224; 9786613241443; 1-135-66586-9; 1-4106-0722-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780032503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II