Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia
A Practical Guide for Clinicians
(Sprache: Englisch)
Memory Loss combines expert guidance, case studies, and diagnostic tests to help you effectively diagnose Alzheimer's disease and other common dementias. Drs. Andrew E. Budson and Paul R. Solomon cover the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations,...
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Memory Loss combines expert guidance, case studies, and diagnostic tests to help you effectively diagnose Alzheimer's disease and other common dementias. Drs. Andrew E. Budson and Paul R. Solomon cover the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations, laboratory and imaging studies, and the latest treatment approaches. The practical text, diagnostic tests, and online access to a downloadable image bank at www.expertconsult.com are the tools you need to consistently make accurate diagnoses.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia “
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
SECTION II: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS
3. Approach to the Patient with Memory Loss, Mild Cognitive Impairment, or Dementia
4. Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's Disease
5. Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Including Parkinson's Disease Dementia)
6. Vascular Dementia and Vascular Cognitive Impairment
7. Primary Progressive Aphasia & Other Disorders of Speech
8. Frontotemporal Dementia
9. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
10. Corticobasal Degeneration
11. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
12. Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease
13. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
14. Other Disorders That Disrupt Memory
SECTION III: TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS
15. Goals of Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia
16. Cholinesterase Inhibitors
17. Memantine (Generic and Namenda XR)
18. Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Anti-Inflammatories
19. Future Treatments of Memory Loss
20. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Memory Loss
SECTION IV: BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA
21. Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
22. Caring For and Educating the Caregiver
23. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
24. Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
SECTION V: ADDITIONAL ISSUES
25. Life Adjustments
26. Legal and Financial Issues
27. Special Issues
ONLINE ONLY APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data
APPENDIX B: Screening for Memory Loss
APPENDIX C: Our Current Understanding of Memory
Autoren-Porträt von Andrew E. Budson, Paul R. Solomon
Andrew E. Budson, M.D. is Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, Associate Chief of Staff for Education, and Director of the Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Associate Director for Research at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, and Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Medical Director of the Boston Center for Memory, located in Newton, Massachusetts. His training included graduating cum laude from Harvard Medical School, being chief resident of the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Residency Program, pursuing a fellowship in dementia at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and studying memory as a post-doctoral fellow in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University. Dr. Budson has had government research funding since 1998, receiving a National Research Service Award and a Career Development Award in addition to a Research Project (R01) grant. He has given over 425 local, national, and international grand rounds and other academic talks. He has published over 100 papers, reviews, and book chapters and is a reviewer for more than 40 journals. He has co-authored or edited five books, including Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, the second edition of which has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. He was awarded the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology in 2008 and the Research Award in Geriatric Neurology in 2009, both from the American Academy of Neurology. His current research uses the techniques of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to understand memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease. In his memory disorders clinic at the VA Boston Healthcare System he treats patients while teaching fellows, residents, and medical students. He also sees patients in Newton at the Boston Center
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for Memory Solomon, Paul R.Dr. Paul Solomon is a founder and the Director of the Boston Center for Memory in Newton, MA. He specializes in Clinical Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience. Dr. Solomon is also an Investigator of the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Solomon has received numerous awards including a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Massachusetts, a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health, and a National Needs Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, and two clinical research awards from the American Association of Family Physicians. He has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. He is listed in Who's Who in America, American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in Education, and Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology.
Dr. Solomon has served on the Editorial Board of several journals and serves as an external reviewer for numerous journals and granting agencies. He has served on the advisory boards of the Northeastern New York Alzheimer's Association and the MA/NH Chapter Alzheimer's Association. He has delivered more than 500 lectures nationally and internationally widely at colleges and universities on age-related memory disorders and at medical centers and hospitals on the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Solomon has served on the Editorial Board of several journals and serves as an external reviewer for numerous journals and granting agencies. He has served on the advisory boards of the Northeastern New York Alzheimer's Association and the MA/NH Chapter Alzheimer's Association. He has delivered more than 500 lectures nationally and internationally widely at colleges and universities on age-related memory disorders and at medical centers and hospitals on the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Andrew E. Budson , Paul R. Solomon
- 2015, 2. Aufl., 276 Seiten, 320 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 19,2 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Elsevier Books
- ISBN-10: 0323286615
- ISBN-13: 9780323286619
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.08.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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