Full Description
Working with the needs of patients with Alzheimer's disease can be a major challenge for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and other mental-health professionals. Alzheimer's wreaks havoc on the patient, and its degenerative nature can create a protracted period of anguish and anxiety for the patient's family. Dr. Marc Agronin has put his years of experience as a geriatric psychiatrist to work to create an eminently useful resource for psychiatrists and others who treat patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. Now in its third edition, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias uses concise and clear language to outline the symptoms, effects and treatments used to combat the progress of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias likely to be suffered by older patients. Enriched by case studies from his own clinical practice, Dr. Agronin creates a volume full of humanity, insight, and knowledge that is sure to inform and improve the habits and methods of any clinician who deals with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Contents
CONTENTS
Foreword
Peter V. Rabins
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the third edition
SECTION I - Clinical Assessment of Dementia
Chapter 1 An Overview of Dementia
Chapter 2 The Dementia Work-Up
SECTION II - Dementia Subtypes
Chapter 3 Mild Cognitive Impairment
Chapter 4 Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 5 Vascular Dementia
Chapter 6 Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Chapter 7 Frontotemporal Dementia
Chapter 8 Dementia Associated with Medical Conditions
SECTION III - Psychiatric Conditions Associated with Dementia
Chapter 9 Agitation and Psychosis
Chapter 10 Depression, Anxiety and Apathy
SECTION IV - Psychosocial Issues in Dementia Care
Chapter 11 Legal and Ethical Issues
Chapter 12 Caring for the Caregiver
INDEX
