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Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia,

Edition 3 A Practical Guide for Clinicians

By Andrew E. Budson, MD and Paul R. Solomon, PhD

Publication Date: 06 May 2021

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With a focus on the practical, day-to-day tools needed by neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, and others who work with the elderly, Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, 3rd Edition, is an indispensable, easy-to-read resource in this growing area. Clinical experts Drs. Andrew Budson and Paul Solomon cover the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations and laboratory and imaging studies for dementia and related illnesses, giving you the guidance you need to make accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions with confidence.

Key Features

Provides in-depth coverage of clinically useful diagnostic tests and the latest research findings and treatment approaches.
Incorporates real-world case studies that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions.
Contains new chapters on Alzheimer’s look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophy.
Covers key topics such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, primary age-related tauopathy (PART) and limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), in addition to new criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy.
Includes current National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment.
Demonstrates how to use diagnostic tests such as the amyloid imaging scans florbetapir (Amyvid), flutemetamol (Vizamyl), and florbetaben (Neuraceq), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients, as well as the new tau scans.
Includes access to more than two dozen videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

About the author

By Andrew E. Budson, MD, Chief, Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology and Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Newton, MA Newton U.S.A and Paul R. Solomon, PhD, Department of Psychology, Williams College Williamstown, MA, Newton, MA U.S.A.

SECTION I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT WITH MEMORY LOSS

1. Why Diagnose and Treat Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia?

2. Evaluating the Patient with Memory Loss or Dementia

3. Approach to the Patient with Memory Loss, Mild Cognitive Impairment, or Dementia

SECTION II: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS

4. Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer’s Disease

5. Alzheimer’s Look-Alikes: Primary Age-Related Tauopathy (PART) and Limbic-predominant, Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE)

6. Dementia with Lewy Bodies (Including Parkinson’s Disease Dementia)

7. Posterior Cortical Atrophy

8. Vascular Dementia and Vascular Cognitive Impairment

9. Primary Progressive Aphasia & Other Disorders of Speech

10. Frontotemporal Dementia

11. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

12. Corticobasal Degeneration

13. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

14. Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease

15. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

16. Other Disorders That Disrupt Memory

SECTION III: TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS

17. Goals of Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia

18. Cholinesterase Inhibitors

19. Memantine (Generic and Namenda XR)

20. Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Anti-Inflammatories

21. Future Treatments of Memory Loss

22. Physical exercise, Diet, Strategies, and Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Memory Loss

SECTION IV: BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA

23. Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

24. Caring For and Educating the Caregiver

25. Non-Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

26. Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

SECTION V: ADDITIONAL ISSUES

27. Life Adjustments

28. Legal and Financial Issues

29. Special Issues

ONLINE ONLY APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data

APPENDIX B: Screening for Memory Loss

APPENDIX C: Our Current Understanding of Memory

Book Reviews

Doody's Core Titles® 2022

"This book is a unique contribution to the review and treatment of memory loss and associated diseases. It is easy to read and clearly written, ready to be read by those with various levels of training, while providing important information guiding clinical care of patients with memory loss and various dementias. It is a practical guide for approaching this topic in the clinical setting, with updated information and peer-reviewed publications guiding the content. An updated edition was needed as information in this area is constantly evolving."

Doody's Score: 96 - 4 Stars!

ISBN: 9780323795449

Page Count: 336

Illustrations : 213 illustrations (213 in full color)

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Neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians

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