With a focus on the practical, day-to-day tools needed by neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, and others who work with the elderly, Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, 3rd Edition, is an indispensable, easy-to-read resource in this growing area. Clinical experts Drs. Andrew Budson and Paul Solomon cover the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations and laboratory and imaging studies for dementia and related illnesses, giving you the guidance you need to make accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions with confidence.
Provides in-depth coverage of clinically useful diagnostic tests and the latest research findings and treatment approaches
Incorporates real-world case studies that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions
Contains new chapters on Alzheimer’s look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophy
Covers key topics such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, primary age-related tauopathy (PART) and limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), in addition to new criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy
Includes current National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment
Demonstrates how to use diagnostic tests such as the amyloid imaging scans florbetapir (Amyvid), flutemetamol (Vizamyl), and florbetaben (Neuraceq), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients, as well as the new tau scans
Includes access to more than two dozen videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
SECTION I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT WITH MEMORY LOSS 1. Why Diagnose and Treat Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia? 2. Evaluating the Patient with Memory Loss or Dementia 3. Approach to the Patient with Memory Loss, Mild Cognitive Impairment, or Dementia
SECTION II: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS 4. Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer’s Disease 5. Alzheimer’s Look-Alikes: Primary Age-Related Tauopathy (PART) and Limbic-predominant, Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE) 6. Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Including Parkinson’s Disease Dementia) 7. Posterior Cortical Atrophy 8. Vascular Dementia and Vascular Cognitive Impairment 9. Primary Progressive Aphasia & Other Disorders of Speech 10. Frontotemporal Dementia 11. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 12. Corticobasal Degeneration 13. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 14. Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease 15. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy 16. Other Disorders That Disrupt Memory
SECTION III: TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS 17. Goals of Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia 18. Cholinesterase Inhibitors 19. Memantine (Generic and Namenda XR) 20. Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Anti-Inflammatories 21. Future Treatments of Memory Loss 22. Physical exercise, Diet, Strategies, and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Memory Loss
SECTION IV: BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA 23. Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia 24. Caring For and Educating the Caregiver 25. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia 26. Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
SECTION V: ADDITIONAL ISSUES 27. Life Adjustments 28. Legal and Financial Issues 29. Special Issues
ONLINE ONLY APPENDICES APPENDIX A: Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data B: Screening for Memory Loss C: Our Current Understanding of Memory
Andrew E. Budson, MD, Chief, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology and Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare SystemProfessor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Newton, MA, USA and Paul R. Solomon, PhD, Department of Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, Newton, MA, USA
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