ABSTRACT

Winner of the BMA 2011 book awards: psychiatry categoryWinner of the Australian Journal of Ageing book of the year awardThis definitive work on dementia and related disorders has been fully updated and revised to reflect recent advances in this fast-moving field. The incidence of dementia continues to rise as the population of the world a

part |4 pages

PART I: DEMENTIA: GENERAL ASPECTS

chapter 1|13 pages

Dementia: historical overview

chapter 16|4 pages

One caregiver’s view

chapter 32|5 pages

Legal issues and dementia

chapter 33|9 pages

Driving and dementia

chapter 35|5 pages

Ethical issues and dementia

chapter 36|5 pages

End-of-life decisions and dementia

part |2 pages

PART III: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

chapter 46|9 pages

What is Alzheimer’s disease?

chapter 47|7 pages

Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease

chapter 52|8 pages

Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease

chapter 59|4 pages

Trial designs

part |2 pages

PART IV: THE OVERLAP AND INTERACTION BETWEEN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

part |2 pages

PART V: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

part |2 pages

PART VIII: OTHER DEMENTIAS AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS