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Preface to the Third Edition | |
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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Preface to the First Edition | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Dementia: Significance, Definition, and Epidemiology | |
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Significance | |
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Definition of Dementia | |
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Prevalence of Different Dementing Diseases | |
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Summary | |
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Mental Status Assessment | |
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Clinical History | |
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Mental Status Examination | |
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Behavioral Rating Scales | |
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Standardized Neuropsychological Tests | |
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Summary | |
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Diagnosis of Dementia | |
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Normal Aging versus Dementia | |
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Age-Associated Cognitive Impairments | |
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Mild Cognitive Impairment | |
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Amnesia versus Dementia | |
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Delirium versus Dementia | |
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Aphasia versus Dementia | |
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Differential Diagnosis of Dementing Diseases | |
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Examples of Differential Diagnosis | |
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Alzheimer's Disease | |
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Clinical Characteristics | |
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Disease Course | |
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Laboratory Investigation | |
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Neuropathology | |
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Risk Factors and Etiology | |
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Proposed Pathophysiologic Mechanisms | |
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Prevention and Treatment | |
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Vascular Dementia | |
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Clinical Criteria for Vascular Dementia | |
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Classification and Characteristics of Vascular Dementia | |
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Differential Diagnosis | |
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Disease Course | |
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Laboratory Investigation | |
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Pathology and Pathophysiology | |
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Risk Factors | |
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Treatment | |
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Frontotemporal Dementia and the Asymmetric Cortical Atrophies | |
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Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration | |
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Frontotemporal Dementia | |
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Asymmetric Cortical Atrophies | |
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Parkinsonian Disorders with Dementia | |
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Dementia with Lewy Bodies | |
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Parkinson's Disease with Dementia | |
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy | |
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Corticobasal Degeneration | |
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Multiple System Atrophy | |
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Heredodegenerative Diseases with Parkinsonism | |
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Secondary Parkinsonism | |
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Nonparkinsonian Motor Disorders with Dementia | |
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Huntington's Disease | |
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Wilson's Disease | |
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Hallervorden-Spatz Disease | |
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Parkinson's Dementia Complex | |
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Motor Neuron Disease with Dementia | |
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Hereditary Spinocerebellar Ataxias | |
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Dementia with Other Motor Disorders | |
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Dementia from Conventional Infectious Agents | |
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HIV-Associated Dementia | |
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Neurosyphilis | |
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Lyme Disease | |
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Whipple's Disease | |
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Non-HIV Causes of Viral Encephalitis | |
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Other Bacterial and Fungal Causes of Meningitis | |
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Parasitic Diseases | |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Other Prion Disorders | |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease | |
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Other Prion Dementias | |
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Toxic-Metabolic Causes of Dementia | |
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Toxic Dementias | |
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Acquired Metabolic Disorders | |
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Inherited Metabolic Disorders | |
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Psychiatric Dementias Associated with Psychiatric Disorders | |
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Depression-Associated Dementia | |
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Mania-Associated Dementia | |
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Schizophrenia-Associated Dementia | |
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"Pseudodementia" | |
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Miscellaneous Dementia Syndromes | |
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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus | |
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Trauma and Dementia Pugilistica | |
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Neoplasia-Related Dementia | |
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Multiple Sclerosis | |
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Epilepsy | |
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Miscellaneous Unclassified Dementias | |
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Pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias | |
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Cholinergic Agents | |
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Antioxidants | |
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Other Cognitive Agents | |
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Herbal Remedies | |
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Summary of Cognitive Pharmacotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease | |
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Psychoactive Medications | |
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Nonpharmacologic Management of Dementia | |
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ABCs of Dementia Management | |
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Diagnostic Interaction | |
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Family Instruction | |
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Caregiver Support | |
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Psychosocial Issues | |
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Advanced Dementia Care | |
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Special Issues | |
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Conclusions and Directions | |
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Concepts and Attitudes About Dementia | |
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Demographic Projections | |
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Prevention and Early Detection | |
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Biological Markers | |
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Pharmacotherapy | |
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Future Strategies | |
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Index | |