Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer's Disease includes new chapters on electrophysiological tests, biological markers, global staging measures, and management of neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Features:

• Deals with the full spectrum of populations at risk, persons in prodromal stages, and patients from mild to severe and even terminal stages
• Contributors are opinion leaders from North America and Europe, which gives the book an internationally balanced outlook

Contents

1. Introduction to the Disease Process
2. Definitions and Diagnostic Criteria
3. Pathophysiology: A Neurochemical Perspective
4. Pathophysiology: An Epidemiological Perspective Diagnosis
5. Typical Clinical Features
6. Differentiation from Non-Alzheimer Dementias
7. Neuropsychological Assessment
8. Structural Brain Imaging
9. Functional Brain Imaging
10. Electrophysiological Tests vBiological Markers Natural Evolution
11. Natural Decline and Prognostic Factors
12. Global Assessment Measures
13. Depressive Syndrome in Alzheimer's Disease
14. Cognition
15. Functional Automony
16. Behaviour
17. Medical Management
18. Mild Cognitive Impairment and Very Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease
19. Mild to Moderate Stages
20. Care of Patients in Severe Stage of Dementia
21. Terminal Stage
22. Co-existent Medicial Problems and Concomitant Diseases
23. Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Community and Institutional Management
24. Caregiver Support
25. Community-based Formal Support Services Ethical and Quality of Life: Issues
26. Ethical Issues
27. Competency
28. Genetic Counselling
29. Health-related Quality of Life Measurement Techniques in the Management of Dementia Conclusions
30. Future Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer's Disease

Index

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