Dementia, 4th Edition
Ames, Burns, O'Brien

This definitive work on dementia and related disorders has been fully updated and revised to reflect recent advances in this fast moving field.
The incidence of dementia continues to rise as the population of the world ages, and the condition represents one of the most significant challenges facing societies and health professionals in the next half-century. In this, the most comprehensive single volume work available on the subject, the editors have met this challenge by assembling a team of the world's leading experts on all aspects of the condition, from history, epidemiology and social aspects to the latest neurobiological research and advanced therapeutic strategies.
The new edition includes:
• the latest neurobiological research made relevant to everyday practice
• a thorough review of all treatment strategies from drug and stem cell therapies through to psychosocial interventions
• a comprehensive review of carer support strategies, community care, long term care facilities, and behavioural management techniques
• contributions from a team of leading international experts and recognised key opinion leaders.
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Dementia, Fourth Edition, is essential reading for all specialists in old age psychiatry, neurology and care of the elderly. It will also prove invaluable for all clinicians working with patients affected by dementia, including psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers and specialist nursing staff.

• The definitive work on the subject of dementia
• Truly international chapter authorship, representing the cream of the world's dementia researchers and clinicians
• Fully revised and updated, reflecting the nature of this fast moving field
• Essential reading for old age psychiatrists and anyone whose work involves patients with dementia
  
  Table of Contents:
  Part I – Dementia: General Aspects
  Introduction
  1. Dementia: historical overview
  2. The lived experience of dementia
  3. Prevalence and incidence of dementia
  Diagnosis and assessment
  4. Criteria for the diagnosis of dementia
  5. Assessment of the patient with apparent dementia
  6. Screening and assessment instruments for the detection and measurement of cognitive impairment
  7. Neuropsychological assessment of dementia
  8. Neuropsychiatric aspects of dementia
  9. Measurement of neuropsychiatric symptoms, behavioural disturbance and quality of life
  10. Cross-cultural issues in the assessment of cognitive impairment
  Research findings from brain imaging and neurophysiology
  11. Structural brain imaging
  12. Functional brain imaging
  13. Molecular brain imaging in dementia
  14. The neurophysiology of dementia
  The care and management of people with dementia
  15. Family carers of people with dementia
  16. One caregiver’s view
  17. Dementia care in the community: challenges for primary health and social care
  18. Managing co-morbidities and general hospital admissions for people with dementia
  19. The role of nursing in the management of dementia
  20. Social work and care/case management in dementia
  21. Occupational therapy in dementia care
  22. The role of the speech and language therapist in the assessment and management of
  the patient with dementia
  23. The role of the physiotherapist in the management of dementia
  24. Therapeutic effects of music in persons with dementia
  25. Psychological, behavioural and psychosocial interventions for neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia
  26. The case-specific approach to challenging behaviour in dementia
  27. Pharmacological treatments for behavioural and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
  28. Psychological approaches for the practical management of cognitive impairment in dementia
  29. Sexuality and dementia
  30. Residential care for people with dementia
  31. Design and dementia
  32. Legal issues and dementia
  33. Driving and dementia
  34. Quality of life in dementia: conceptual and practical issues
  35. Ethical issues and dementia
  36. End of life decisions and dementia
  37. Care and management of the patient with advanced dementia
  38. Alzheimer Associations and societies
  39. Health economic aspects of dementia
  40. The global challenge of dementia: what can be done?
  41. Development of a national strategy for dementia
  42. The pharmaceutical industry and dementia
  Part II Mild cognitive impairment
  43. Mild cognitive impairment: A historical perspective
  44. Clinical characterization of mild cognitive impairment
  45. Managing the patient with mild cognitive impairment
  Part III Alzheimer’s disease
  Clinical aspects
  46. What is Alzheimer’s disease?
  47. Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease
  48. The natural history of Alzheimer’s disease
  Neurobiology
  49. The neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease
  50. The neurochemistry of Alzheimer’s disease
  51. The role of Aß amyloid in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease
  52. The genetics of Alzheimer’s disease
  53. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease
  Therapeutic strategies to treat Alzheimer’s disease
  54. Established treatments for Alzheimer's disease
  55. Drug treatments in development for Alzheimer’s disease
  56. Stem cell therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
  57. Vitamins and complementary therapies used to treat Alzheimer’s disease
  58. Prevention of Alzheimer’s disease
  59. Trial design for putative Alzheimer’s disease treatments
  Part IV The overlap and interaction between Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular disease
  60. Vascular factors and Alzheimer’s disease
  Part V Cerebrovascular disease and cognitive impairment
  61. What is vascular cognitive impairment?
  62. The neuropathology of vascular dementia
  63. Therapeutic strategies for vascular dementia and vascular cognitive disorders
  Part VI Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease
  64. Dementia with Lewy bodies: a clinical and historical overview
  65. The pathology of dementia with Lewy bodies
  66. The management of dementia with Lewy bodies
  67. Cognitive impairment and dementia in Parkinson’s disease
  Part VII Focal dementias and related issues
  68. Frontotemporal dementia
  69. Pick’s disease
  70. The genetics and molecular pathology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration
  71. Semantic dementia
  72. Primary progressive aphasia and posterior cortical atrophy
  73. The cerebellum and cognitive impairment
  Part VIII Other dementias and neuropsychiatric disorders associated with cognitive impairments
  74. Depression with cognitive impairment
  75. Schizophrenia, cognitive impairment and dementia
  76. Dementia and intellectual disability
  77. Alcohol related dementia and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
  78. Huntingdon’s disease
  79. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion diseases
  80. Uncommon forms of dementia