ABSTRACT

Dementia represents a major public health challenge for the world with over 100 million people likely to be affected by 2050. A large body of professionals is active in diagnosing, treating, and caring for people with dementia, and research is expanding. Many of these specialists find it hard to keep up to date in all aspects of dementia. This book helps solve that problem. The new edition has been updated and revised to reflect recent advances in this fast-moving field.

part |2 pages

PART 1 DEMENTIA: General aspects

chapter 1|16 pages

Dementia: Historical overview

chapter 13|7 pages

Services for people with dementia

chapter 27|7 pages

Sexuality and dementia

chapter 29|4 pages

Design and dementia

chapter 30|6 pages

Legal issues and dementia

chapter 33|5 pages

Ethical issues

part |1 pages

PART 3 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: Clinical Aspects

chapter 50|9 pages

Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease

chapter 56|5 pages

Trial designs

part |1 pages

PART 4 THE OVERLAP AND INTERACTION BETWEEN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE

part |1 pages

PART 5 CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

part |1 pages

PART 6 DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE

part |1 pages

PART 7 FOCAL DEMENTIAS AND OTHER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES INVOLVING COGNITIVE DECLINE

chapter 65|10 pages

Frontotemporal dementia

chapter 68|12 pages

Semantic dementia

chapter 76|17 pages

Huntington’s disease