The clinical management of early Alzheimer's disease a handbook

The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized. Scientists and practitioners alike have been working to limit it. Their major focus has been patients in the later stages of the disease, when demen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mulligan, Reinhild (-), Van der Linden, Martial, Juillerat, Anne-Claude
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Erlbaum 2003.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798005506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Sociodemographic and Economic Aspects; 2 Clinical Aspects; 3 Cognitive-Neuropsychological Aspects; 4 Assessment: The Multidisciplinary Approach; 5 The Role of Memory Clinics in Diagnosis and Management; 6 Pharmacological Treatment: Recent Developments; 7 Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems: Pharmacological Approaches; 8 Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems: Psychosocial Approaches; 9 Cognitive Intervention; 10 The Assessment of Functioning in Daily Life; 11 The Role of Caregivers in Assessment and Intervention
  • 12 Taking Care of the CaregiversAuthor Index; Subject Index