Handbook of dementing illnesses

Contents include: ethical Issues in dementia; epidemiology, dementia, and Alzheimer's; healthy brain aging; neuropsychological assessment of dementia; neuroimaging in dementia - structural imaging; functional imaging in dementia; the neuropathology of dementia; genetics of dementia; biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and dementia; Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment; Down's syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia; dementia in Parkinson's Disease and Lewy body disorders; frontotemporal dementia; vascular dementia; prion diseases and dementia; normal pressure hydrocephalus; HIV-associated dementia; influence of comorbidities in dementia; depression and dementia; management of the driver with dementia; the plan of care; comprehensive review of caregiving for the health care professional; pharmacology for the cognitive symptoms of dementia; treatment of the neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease; amyloid-based strategies to treat and prevent Alzheimer's Disease; prevention strategies for Alzheimer's Disease.