Main description:

This book looks at dementia and considers topics including: diagnosis and differential diagnosis of dementia; rapidly progressive dementia and its imitators; young onset dementia; depression and whether it is a cause or complication of cognitive decline; prodromal dementia; using psychotropic medications to manage problem behaviors in dementia; palliative care in advanced dementias; legal/economic/social issues in dementia; and assessing outcomes in dementia care. It is an essential reading for neurologists, psychiatrists, and gerontologists.

Contents:

Contributors vii Series Foreword ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Dementia 1 Richard Camicioli Chapter 2 Rapidly Progressive Dementia and its Mimics 15 Amy May Lin Quek and Andrew McKeon Chapter 3 Young Onset Dementia: How Much Diagnostic Testing is Enough? 35 Anahita Adeli and Keith A. Josephs Chapter 4 An Approach to the Problem of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 55 Norman Relkin Chapter 5 Depression: Cause or Complication of Cognitive Decline? 67 David Mansoor, Sahana Misra, and Linda Ganzini Chapter 6 Mild Cognitive Impairment 77 Ranjan Duara, David A. Loewenstein, Clinton Wright, Elizabeth Crocco, and Daniel Varon Chapter 7 After the Diagnosis: Continuing Neurological Care of the Outpatient with Dementia 97 Anne M. Lipton Chapter 8 Using Psychotropic Medications to Manage Problem Behaviors in Dementia 111 Lucy Y. Wang and Murray A. Raskind Chapter 9 Palliative Care in Advanced Dementias 121 Ira Byock and Cory Ingram Chapter 10 Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Dementia 137 Amy Y. Tsou and Jason Karlawish Chapter 11 Assessing Outcomes in Dementia Care 151 Joel Mack, Amie Peterson, and Joseph Quinn Chapter 12 Primary Prevention of Dementia 163 Joseph Quinn Index 171