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Dementia

Dementia is at present under-diagnosed and under-treated all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and, consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed. This volume provides:*State-of-the-art systematic reviews of the subject*Accompanying commentaries by an outstanding line up of contributors*Coverage of developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement*An unbiased and reliable reference pointDementia, the third volume in the WPA Series Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, will provide invaluable information for all psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, managers and policy makers.

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  • "Ch. 1. Definition, and Epidemiology of Dementia -- Definition, and Epidemiol ogy of dementia: A Review / A.S. Henderson and A.F. Jorm. 1.1. The Continuing Evolution of Dementia Epidemiology / M. Ganguli. 1.2. Dementia: Hope for the Future / S. Lovestone. 1.3. Dementia: Much Information, Many Unanswered Questions / L.F. Jarvik. 1.4. Vascular Factors and Dementia / I. Skoog. 1.5. Dementia: Known and Unknown / E.D. Caine. 1.6. Dementia: a Public Health Emergency and a Scientific Challenge / L. Fratiglioni. 1.7. Dementia: Plenty of Questions Still to Be Answered / R. Jacoby. 1.8. Rates and Risk Factors for Dementia: Evidence or Controversy? / P. Kragh-Sorensen, K. Andersen and A. Lolk / [and others]. 1.9. Dementia: the Public Health Challenge / K.I. Shulman. 1.10. Definition and Epidemiology of Dementia: Some Issues that Need Clarification / P.J. Whitehouse. 1.11. Dementia: the Challenge for the Next Decade / A. Mann. 1.12. Recent Progress in the Definition and Epidemiology of Dementia / A. Burns. 1.13. Dementia: Some Controversial Issues / M.R. Jorge. 1.14. Is the Prevalence Rate of Alzheimer's Disease Increasing in Japan? / A. Homma -- Ch. 2. Clinical Diagnosis of Dementia -- Clinical Diagnosis of Dementia: A Review / B. Reisberg, E. Franssen and M.A. Shah / [et al.]. 2.1. The Value of Inclusive Diagnostic Thinking and Appreciating Developmental Variance / E.B. Larson. 2.2. Reflections on Retrogenesis / J. O'Brien. 2.3. Dementia: Diagnosis, Progression and Retrogression / P.S. Sachdev. 2.4. Staging of Severe Alzheimer's Disease and the Concept of Retrogenesis: Doors to Be Opened for Research and Clinical Practice / R. Heun. 2.5. When Diagnosis is Certain, Functional Scores are Robust and Recommendable Markers of the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease / G. Ransmayr. 2.6. Findings with the Aid of Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) / Martin Roth. 2.7. Two Decades of Longitudinal Research in Alzheimer's Disease / S.I. Finkel. 2.8. Diagnosing Dementia: the Need for Improved Criteria / G. Gold. 2.9. Pitfalls in Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease / I. Kloszewska. 2.10. Evaluating the Performance of Measures to Assess Dementia / D.R. Gifford. 2.11. Dementia as a Diagnostic Entity / S. Wibisono -- Ch. 3. Neuropsychological and Instrumental Diagnosis of Dementia -- Neuropsychological and Instrumental Diagnosis of Dementia: A Review / O. Almkvist. 3.1. Improving Diagnosis of Dementia / M. Rossor. 3.2. The Contribution of Neuropsychology to the Assessment of Dementia Syndromes / K. Ritchie. 3.3. Neuropsychological and Instrumental Diagnosis of Dementia: the Evidence / P. Scheltens. 3.4. Some Clinical Aspects and Research Issues in the Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia / A.U. Monsch. 3.5. The Role of Cognitive and Functional Evaluation in the Care of Patients with Dementia / R.C. Mohs. 3.6. Evaluating the Cognitive Changes of Normal and Pathologic Aging / J.C. Morris and W.P. Goldman. 3.7. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Degenerative Dementias: Need for an Early Diagnosis / R. Mielke and W.-D. Heiss. 3.8. Neuropsychological and Instrumental Diagnosis of Dementia in a Clinical Context / G.K. Wilcock. 3.9. Neuropsychological Tests that Are Helpful to the Etiological Diagnosis of Dementia / F. Pasquier. 3.10. The Importance of an Early Diagnosis in Alzheimer's Disease / A. Nordberg. 3.11. When Should We Use Which Diagnostic Tools? / G. Stoppe. 3.12. Factors Affecting Diagnosis in Dementia / A. Heerlein -- Ch. 4. Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia -- Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia: A Review / S.C. Samuels and K.L. Davis. 4.1. Alzheimer's Disease is Treatable / P.N. Tariot. 4.2. Treatment of Dementia: Where Do We Go from Here? / D.P. Devanand. 4.3. The Future of Alzheimer's Pharmacotherapeutics / E.R. Peskind. 4.4. Outcome Measures and Ethical Issues in the Pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's Disease / G. Waldemar. 4.5. From Bench to Bedside: How to Treat Dementia / S. Gauthier. 4.6. Some Limitations in the Drug Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease / B.E. Leonard. 4.7. Issues Regarding the Pharmacotherapy of Dementia / K.L. Lanctot. 4.8. Treatment of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Disturbances in Dementia / W. Samuel and D.V. Jeste. 4.9. Are There Concerns about the "Real World" Effectiveness and Safety of Medications for Alzheimer's Disease? / L.S. Schneider. 4.10. Phytoneuropsychotropics in Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment and/or Prevention / T.M. Itil -- Ch. 5. Psychosocial Interventions for Dementia -- Psychosocial Interventions for Dementia: A Review / F. Baro. 5.1. Psychosocial Dimensions of Dementia Care / K.C. Buckwalter. 5.2. First Experience, then Evidence, then Possibly New Criteria / M. Powell Lawton. 5.3. The Development of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation for Alzheimer's Disease / T. Asada. 5.4. Psychosocial Interventions and Behavioural Treatments for Dementia / L. Teri. 5.5. The Need for Greater Specificity in Psychosocial Interventions / C. Beck. 5.6. Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia: the Nature and Focus of Intervention, Outcome Measurement and Quality of Life / S. Banerjee. 5.7. General Comments on Psychosocial Interventions for Dementia / E. Miller. 5.8. Changing Therapeutic Paradigms / B. Groulx. 5.9. Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia: Attitudes, Approaches, Therapies and Quality of Life / E. Chiu. 5.10. The Importance of Touch and Contact / Y. Barak. 5.11. The Need to Improvise and Look for Evidence / A.M. Ashour. 5.12. The Need for Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia / M. Suarez Richards. 5.13. Sharing and Supporting Families with Dementia / R. Srinivasa Murthy -- Ch. 6. Costs of Dementia -- Costs of Dementia: A Review / B. Jonsson, L. Jonsson and A. Wimo. 6.1. Dementia: the Challenges for Economic Analysis / W. Max. 6.2. Costs of Dementia: More Questions than Answers / C. Selai. 6.3. Toward the Economics of Dementia / A.E. Rupp. 6.4. A Cautionary Commentary on Costs of Dementia Studies / J. Schneider. 6.5. Costs of Dementia: Valuable Information for Economic Evaluations / C.K. Andersen. 6.6. Cost of illness Study in Dementia: a Comment / J.-M. Graf von der Schulenburg. 6.7. Dementia: Whose Burden Is It Anyway? / S.K. Khandelwal."
  • "Be Guided by the Evidence...Dementia is at present under-diagnosed and under-treated all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and, consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed.This new edition of the third volume of the WPA Series, Evidence Experience in Psychiatry, provides:*State-of-the-art systematic reviews of the subject*Accompanying commentaries by an outstanding line up of contributors*Coverage of developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement*An unbiased and reliable reference pointThis new edition will provide invaluable information for all psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, managers and policy makers"
  • "Dementia is at present under-diagnosed and under-treated all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and, consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed. This volume provides:*State-of-the-art systematic reviews of the subject*Accompanying commentaries by an outstanding line up of contributors*Coverage of developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement*An unbiased and reliable reference pointDementia, the third volume in the WPA Series Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, will provide invaluable information for all psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, managers and policy makers."@en
  • "Dementia is most frequently associated with aging and is, at present, under-diagnosed and under-represented all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed. This book provides a much needed review of the diagnostic procedures and the implementations of therapeutic interventions."@en

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  • "Dementia (Second Edition)"

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