Dementia, 2Ed

Part 1 Dementia general aspects
Dementia an historical perspective
Age related cognitive decline and its relationships to dementia
Diagnosis and assessment: Criteria for the diagnosis of dementia
Assessment and differential diagnosis of dementia
Neuropsychological assessment of dementia
Neuropsychiatric aspects of dementia
Rating scales in dementia - screening instruments for the detection of cognitive impairment
Rating scales in dementia - Measurement of behavioural disturbance, non-cognitive symptoms and quality of life
Investigations: Computed tomography
Structural and functional MRI
Magnetic Resonance Spectoscopy in Dementia
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
Positron Emission tomography
The neurophysiology of dementia
Management of dementia: Carer burden and stress
Health economics aspects of dementia
Cross-cultural issues in the assessment of cognitive impairment
Homely the guiding principle of design for dementia
The role of primary care in the management of dementia
Multidisciplinary approaches in the management of dementia - The role of nursing
Multidisciplinary approaches in the management of dementia - Social work
Multidisciplinary approaches in the management of dementia - occupational therapy
Sexuality and dementia
Moral Ethical and legal aspects of dementia - legal issues
Moral, ethical and legal aspects of dementia - dementia and end of life decisions
Moral, ethical and legal aspects of dementia - Driving
Services Services for dementia: a British view
Services for dementia: a Dutch view
Services for dementia: a German view
Services for dementia: an Italian view
Services for dementia: a Spanish view
Services for dementia: a French view
Services for dementia: a North American view
Services for dementia: a Japanese view
Services for dementia: an Australian view
Services for dementia: a Brazilian view
Services for dementia: a Mexican view
Services for dementia: a Chinese view
Dementia services: Old age psychiatric services in the new independent state of the former Soviet Union
Services for younger people with dementia
Alzheimer disease societies and associations
Part two Alzheimer's Disease
Clinical Aspects: What is Alzheimer's disease
Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease
Epidemiology of dementia
Inflammatory mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease
The natural history of Alzheimer's disease
Neurobiology: Cholinergic component of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease
Abnormalities in non-cholinergic neurotransmitter ststems in Alzheimer's disease
The role of Tau in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
The role of amyloid in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
Vascular factors in Alzheimer's disease
The genetics of Alzheimer's disease
Animal models of Alzheimer's Disease
Therapeutic strategies: How effective are cholinergic therapies in improving cognition in Alzheimer's disease?
Non-cholinergic drug therapies in Alzheimer's disease
Treatments for behavioural and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Psycho-social management of behavioural problems in dementia
Psychological approaches for the management of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease
Part 3 Vascular dementia
Vascular dementia - an overview
Leukoaraiosis and cognitive impairment
Vascular dementia - pathological findings
Therapeutic strategies for vascular dementia
Part 4 Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Dementia with Lewy Bodies: a clinical overview
Pathology of dementia with Lewy Bodies
Neuropsychological changes in dementia with Lewy Bodies
The treatment of dementia with Lewy Bodies
Part 5 Focal Dementia's
Frontotemporal dementia
Pick's disease: its relationship to progressive asphasia, semantic dementia and frontotemporal dementia
The neuropathology and molecular genetics of frontotemporal dementia
Semantic dementia
Progressive asphasia and other focal syndromes
Part 6 Dementia with Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Depression induced cognitive impairment
Dementia associated with alcohol
Down's syndrome and dementia
Cognitive changes in schizophrenia, late- onset schizophrenia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychoses
Huntingdon's disease
Parkinson's disease
Cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis
Part 7 Other dementias
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease and other prion diseases
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 associated dementias: pathology, clinical features and treatment
Uncommon forms of dementia.