Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia,

Edition 3 A Practical Guide for Clinicians

Editors: By Andrew E. Budson, MD and Paul R. Solomon, PhD

Publication Date: 06 May 2021

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Geriatrics**

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.

Key Features

Provides in-depth coverage of clinically useful diagnostic tests and the latest research findings and treatment approaches
Incorporates real-world case studies that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions
Contains new chapters on Alzheimer’s look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophy
Covers key topics such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, primary age-related tauopathy (PART) and limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), in addition to new criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy
Includes current National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment
Demonstrates how to use diagnostic tests such as the amyloid imaging scans florbetapir (Amyvid), flutemetamol (Vizamyl), and florbetaben (Neuraceq), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients, as well as the new tau scans
Includes access to more than two dozen videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

About the author

By Andrew E. Budson, MD, Chief, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology and Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare SystemProfessor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Newton, MA, USA and Paul R. Solomon, PhD, Department of Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, Newton, MA, USA

SECTION 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
B: Screening for Memory Loss
C: Our Current Understanding of Memory

Book Reviews

Doody's Core Titles® 2022

"This book is a unique contribution to the review and treatment of memory loss and associated diseases. It is easy to read and clearly written, ready to be read by those with various levels of training, while providing important information guiding clinical care of patients with memory loss and various dementias. It is a practical guide for approaching this topic in the clinical setting, with updated information and peer-reviewed publications guiding the content. An updated edition was needed as information in this area is constantly evolving." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Michelle Braslavsky, DO (Thomas Jefferson University) Doody's Score: 96 - 4 Stars!

ISBN: 9780323795449

Page Count: 336

Illustrations : 213 illustrations (213 in full color)

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