Memory loss : a practical guide for clinicians /: a practical guide for clinicians. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew E. Budson, Paul R. Solomon.
• Other Names: Budson, Andrew E; Solomon, Paul R
• Contents: Evaluating the patient with memory loss -- Why diagnose and treat? -- Evaluating the patient with memory loss -- Differential diagnosis of memory loss -- Alzheimer's disease -- Mild cognitive impairment -- Dementia with lewy bodies (incliuding Parkinson's disease dementia) -- Vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Progressive supranuclear palsy -- Corticobasal degeneration -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Other disorders -- Treatment of memory loss -- Goals of treatment -- Cholinesterase inhibitors -- Memantine (Namenda) -- Vitamins, herbs, supplements, and anti-inflammatories -- Future treatments of memory loss -- Non-pharmacological treatment of memory loss -- Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia -- Evaluating the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia -- Caring for and educating the caregiver -- Non-pharmacological treatment of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia -- Pharmacological treatment of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia -- Additional issues -- Life adjustments -- Legal and financial issues -- Special issues -- Case studies.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh? : Elsevier Saunders
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.8/31075; Dementia -- Diagnosis; Brain -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Dementia -- diagnosis; Memory Disorders; Aged; Diagnosis, Differential; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia; MEDICAL -- Neurology; Brain -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Dementia -- Diagnosis; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781437737790
• Related ISBNs: 143773779X; 9781416035978; 1416035974
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.