Table
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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About the
Authors |
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SECTION I |
EVALUATING THE PATIENT WITH MEMORY LOSS |
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Chapter 1 |
Why
Diagnose and Treat? |
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Chapter 2 |
Evaluating
the Patient with Memory Loss |
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SECTION II |
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS |
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Chapter 3 |
Alzheimer’s
Disease |
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Chapter 4 |
Mild
Cognitive Impairment |
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Chapter 5 |
Dementia
with Lewy
Bodies (Including Parkinson’s Disease Dementia) |
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Chapter 6 |
Vascular
Dementia and Vascular Cognitive Impairment |
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Chapter 7 |
Frontotemporal Dementia |
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Chapter 8 |
Progressive
Supranuclear
Palsy |
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Chapter 9 |
Corticobasal Degeneration |
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Chapter 10 |
Normal
Pressure Hydrocephalus |
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Chapter 11 |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease |
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Chapter 12 |
Other
Disorders |
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SECTION III |
TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS |
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Chapter 13 |
Goals of
Treatment |
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Chapter 14 |
Cholinesterase
Inhibitors |
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Chapter 15 |
Memantine (Namenda) |
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Chapter 16 |
Vitamins,
Herbs, Supplements, and Anti-lnflammatories |
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Chapter 17 |
Future
Treatments of Memory Loss |
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Chapter 18 |
Non-Pharmacological
Treatment of Memory Loss |
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SECTION IV |
BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA |
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Chapter 19 |
Evaluating
the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms
of Dementia |
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Chapter 20 |
Caring for
and Educating the Caregiver |
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Chapter 21 |
Non-Pharmacological
Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological
Symptoms of Dementia |
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Chapter 22 |
Pharmacological
Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia |
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SECTION V |
ADDITIONAL ISSUES |
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Chapter 23 |
Life
Adjustments |
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Chapter 24 |
Legal and
Financial Issues |
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Chapter 25 |
Special
Issues |
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SECTION VI |
CASE STUDIES |
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Online Only Appendices: (See Inside Front Cover For Details) |
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Appendix A |
Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data |
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Appendix B |
Screening for Memory Loss |
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Our Current Understanding of Memory |
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Index |
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