American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias is a up-to-date and comprehensive overview of dementia for practicing psychiatrists or residents who deal with cognitively imparied adults in outpatient, inpatient, and long-term care settings. With content ranging from clinical guidance to basic research, it contains information on nearly every subject related to dementing conditions or illnesses---not only providing extensive coverage of clinical management issues but also enabling a deeper understanding of the causes of dementia. Designed to assit the practitioner faced with everyday dilemmas, from dosages of antipshychotic drugs to legal and ethical issues, the text describes in detail the most common conditions and diseases leading to dementia and covers pharmacologic, behavioral, and environmental treatments. It also considers a broader range of cognitive disorders and impairment in order to help practitioners recognize and treat primary brain diseases and systemic extensive references and additional readings, and chapter-end key points make this a practical trool for learning while appendixes include easily administered instruments useful in dail practice for grading cognition, function, and neuropsychiatric symptoms.