University of Cebu-Banilad Library

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Why diagnose and treat memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia? -- Evaluating the patient with memory loss or dementia -- Approach to the patient with memory loss, mild cognitive impairment, or dementia -- Alzheimer's disease dementia and mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease -- Dementia with Lewy bodies (including Parkinson's disease dementia) -- Vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment -- Primary progressive aphasia and apraxia of speech -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Progressive supranuclear palsy -- Corticobasal degeneration -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus -- Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease -- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- Other disorders that cause memory loss or dementia -- Goals for the treatment of memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Cholinesterase inhibitors -- Memantine (generic and Namenda XR) -- Vitamins, herbs, supplements, and anti-inflammatories for memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Future treatments of memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Non-pharmacological treatment of memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and 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 -- Life adjustments for memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Legal and financial issues in memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Special issues in memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Cognitive test and questionnaire forms, instructions, and normative data for evaluating memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Screening for memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia -- Memory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and other causes of mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

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