ABSTRACT

An up-to-date survey of the major dementing disorders, this guide provides the most recent clinical, epidemiological, and neurodiagnostic information related to the care and treatment of dementing illnesses-addressing subjects of vital importance such as ethics, neuropsychology, neuroimaging, and neuropathology to stand as the foremost guide on the

chapter 1|16 pages

Ethical Issues in Dementia

chapter 3|18 pages

Healthy Brain Aging

chapter 8|12 pages

Genetics of Dementia

chapter 13|12 pages

Frontotemporal Dementia

chapter 14|24 pages

Vascular Dementia

chapter 15|26 pages

Prion Diseases and Dementia

chapter 19|12 pages

Depression and Dementia

chapter 21|16 pages

The Plan of Care

chapter 27|30 pages

Dementia Update 2006