Dementia 3Ed - Rilegato

Ames, David; Burns, Alistair; O'Brien, John

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0340812036 ISBN 13: 9780340812037

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2005

Riassunto

The rising prevalence of dementia in the population continues to pose a serious public health challenge in both the developed and the developing world. Previous editions of Dementia have become acknowledged as a key 'gold standard' work in this field, and have had a genuinely international approach. The third edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the most recent advances in the rapidly developing field of dementia research, adding further important detail to this already authoritative and detailed text.
New material on mild cognitive impairment has been included, and the latest developments in areas such as service development and carer research are also covered. All the chapters have been revised to include the most up-to-date research in their field.
This is an essential work of reference for specialists in old age psychiatry, neurology, and health care of the elderly. It should also be a useful resource for others working with patients with dementia, including general practitioners, nurses,

psychologists, and other allied health professionals.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Alistair Burns MD, FRCP, FRCPsych is Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, UK

John O'Brien DM, FRCPsych is Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the Institute for Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

David Ames BA, MD, FRCPsych, FRANZCP is Professor of Psychiatry of
Old Age at the University of Melbourne, St George's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Contenuti:

GENERAL ASPECTS
      Epidemiology
      Criteria for the diagnosis of dementia
      Assessment of dementia
      Neuropsychological assessment of dementia
      Neuropsychiatric aspects of dementia
      Rating scales in dementia
      Structural MRI
      Functional imaging
      The neurophysiology of dementia
      Family carers for people with dementia
      Carers
      Health economic aspects of dementia
      Cross cultural issues in the assessment of cognitive impairment
      Helping staff and patients with dementia through better design
      The role of primary care in the management of dementia
      Multidisciplinary approaches in the management of dementia
      Sexuality and dementia
      Quality of life in dementia
      Moral, ethical and legal aspects of dementia
      Services for people with dementia: a world wide view
      Services for younger people with dementia
      Alzheimer's (disease and related disorders) associations and societies: supporting family carers
      History and overview
      Clinical aspects
      Treatment
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
      What is Alzheimer’s disease?
      Risk factors for AD
      The natural history of AD
NEUROBIOLOGY
      The neurochemistry of AD
      The neuropathology of AD
      The role of tau protein in neurodegenerative dementias
      The role of A[beta]amyloid in the patheogenesis of AD
      Vascular factors in AD
      The genetics of AD
      Transgenic mouse models of AD
THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES
      How effective are cholinergic therapies in improving cognition in AD?
      Non-cholinergic therapies of dementia
      Treatments for behavioural and psychological symptoms in AD and other dementias
      A predominantly psychosocial approach to behaviour problems in dementia
      Psychological approaches for the management of cognitive impairment in AD
      Prevention of AD
      Trial design
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
      Vascular cognitive impairment
      Leukoaraiosis and cognitive impairment
      Vascular dementia
      Therapeutic strategies for vascular dementia
DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE
      Dementia with Lewy bodies
      Pathology of dementia with Lewy bodies
      Neuropsychological changes in dementia with Lewy bodies
      The treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies
      Cognitive impairment and dementia in PD
FOCAL DEMENTIAS
      Frontotemporal dementia
      Pick’s disease: its relationship to progressive aphasia, semantic dementia and frontotemporal dementia
      The genetics and molecular pathology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration
      Semantic dementia
      The cerebellum and cognitive impairment
      Progressive aphasia and other focal syndromes
DEMENTIA AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
      Depression with cognitive impairment
      Alcohol related dementia and the clinical spectrum of Wenicke-Korsakoff syndrome
      Dementia and intellectual disability
      Schizophrenia, cognitive impairment and dementia
      Huntington’s disease
      Creutzfeld-Jacob disease and other prion diseases
      HIV type 1 associated dementia
      Uncommon forms of dementia

Su questa edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0340812036
• ISBN 13: 9780340812037
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 864