Mild cognitive impairment and dementia : definitions, diagnosis, and treatment /

Smith, Glenn E.

Mild cognitive impairment and dementia : definitions, diagnosis, and treatment / Glenn E. Smith, Mark W. Bondi. - 1 online resource (xii, 403 pages) : illustrations - Oxford workshop series . - Oxford workshop series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: terminology for the continuum from normal cognitive aging to dementia -- Role of neuropsychological measurement in MCI and dementia assessment -- Normal cognitive aging -- Mild cognitive impairment -- Alzheimer's disease -- Vascular dementia -- Dementia with lewy bodies / with guest author Tanis J. Ferman -- Frontotemporal dementias -- Atypical dementias / with David P. Salmon -- Interventions for the behavioral disturbances of dementia.

In 2011, National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Association joint task forces released proposed criteria for Alzheimer' disease diagnosis. These proposals included revisions to the nearly 30-year-old NINDS-ADRDA criteria for Alzheimer's diagnosis and added criteria for diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease. The same year the American Psychiatric Association proposed new criteria for major and minor neurocognitive disorders (the entities previously known as dementia and mild cognitive impairment, respectively). These new criteria reflect the research and c.

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Dementia--Treatment.
Mild cognitive impairment.
Cognition disorders--Diagnosis.
Cognition disorders--Treatment.
Aging.
Dementia--diagnosis
Dementia--therapy
Aging
Cognitive Dysfunction
Démence--Traitement.
Trouble cognitif léger.
Troubles de la cognition--Traitement.
Vieillissement.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
MEDICAL--Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL--Internal Medicine.
Cognition disorders--Diagnosis.
Cognition disorders--Treatment.
Dementia--Treatment.
Mild cognitive impairment.
Demenz
Gerontologie
Alterspsychologie
Diagnostik
Therapie


Case Reports
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RC521 / .S592 2013eb

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2013 D-725 WT 155 WT 155 / S648m 2013

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