’This book provides an overview of the cognitive and behavioral profiles of the cortical dementias in a readable and clinically relevant manner. Its emphasis on disease entities primarily affecting cortical structures allows for a more comprehensive description of the latest insights into the pathogenesis and assessment of a number of different disease processes… Weighted Numerical Score: 98 – 5 Stars!’
Melissa Jones, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Doody’s Medical Reviews
The Neuropsychology of Cortical Dementias addresses in depth the neuropsychological impact and features of the full range of cortical dementias. It examines the differential neuropathological and pathophysiological bases of these dementias and emphasizes their behavioral and cognitive aspects in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. The book also presents the most advanced techniques and strategies for disease-specific treatment. Important legal/ethical issues and the role of caregivers in treating dementia patients are also covered.
Featuring contributions from such diverse disciplines as neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, and clinical psychology, this volume provides a broad interdisciplinary perspective for practicing clinical neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, gerontologists, and psychologists who work with patients with dementia.
Key Features:
- Includes comprehensive, clinically focused coverage of all major cortical dementias
- Covers neuroanatomy, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of dementia patients, as well as legal and ethical issues
- Discusses assessment and diagnosis from the perspectives of neuroimaging and cognitive and behavioral symptoms
- Discusses a range of interventions (pharmacological, cognitive behavioral, etc.) and management issues related to dementia treatment
- Informed by contributions from such diverse disciplines as neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, and clinical psychology
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Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I: Foundations and Principles
Chapter 1: The Neuroscience of Cortical Dementias: Linking Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuropsychology
Daniel A. Nation, David P. Salmon, and Mark W. Bondi
Chapter 2: Integration of Imaging in Cortical Dementia Diagnosis
Chiara Cerami and Stefano F. Cappa
Chapter 3: Neuropsychological Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Cortical Dementias
Melissa L. Edwards, Valerie Hobson Balldin, and Sid E. OíBryant
Section II: Types of Cortical Dementias and Related Presentations
Chapter 4: Alzheimer’s Disease
Steven W. Anderson and Martin D. Cassell
Chapter 5: Vascular-Based Cognitive Disorders: Vascular Dementias, CADASIL, and Moyamoya
Chad A. Noggle, Lokesh Shahani, and Mark T. Barisa
Chapter 6: Dysexecutive Impairment Associated With Vascular Dementia
Melissa Lamar, Catherine C. Price, Tania Giovannetti, Rod Swenson, and David J. Libon
Chapter 7: Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Mario Riverol and Oscar L. LÛpez
Chapter 8: Neuropsychological Disturbance and Alcoholism: Korsakoff’s and Beyond
Lokesh Shahani, Chad A. Noggle, and Jon C. Thompson
Chapter 9: Frontotemporal Dementias
Dong (Dan) Y. Han, Benjamin A. Pyykkonen, Anne L. Shandera-Ochsner, and Frederick A. Schmitt
Chapter 10: Semantic Dementia
Daniel Rexroth
Chapter 11: Primary Progressive Aphasia
Rhonda Friedman, Sally Long, and R. Scott Turner
Chapter 12: Prion Diseases
Brian S. Appleby
Chapter 13: Dementia Pugilistica and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Dominic A. Carone and Shane S. Bush
Chapter 14: Mild Cognitive Impairment: Many Questions, Some Answers
Kevin Duff
Chapter 15: Delirium: From Pathology to Treatment
Melanie Rylander and Chad A. Noggle
Section III: Interventions and Other Issues
Chapter 16: Pharmacology of Dementing Disorders
Robert H. Howland
Chapter 17: Nonpharmacological, Cognitive Interventions in Dementia
Lokesh Shahani and Chad A. Noggle
Chapter 18: The Role of Caregivers in the Treatment of Patients With Dementia
Geoffrey Tremont and Jennifer Duncan Davis
Chapter 19: Comorbid Manifestations and Secondary Complications of Dementia
Julie Sheffler and Chad A. Noggle
Chapter 20: Determination of Capacity: Pragmatic, Legal, and Ethical Considerations
Stacey Wood and Daniel Krauss
Index
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Dr. Stephen W. Anderson, Ph D, is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa Hospital.