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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. Table of ContentsSECTION 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
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