Description
Neuropsychological Tools for Dementia
Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Author: Hildebrandt Helmut
Language: English
Subject for Neuropsychological Tools for Dementia:
Keywords
Affective empathy; Alien hand; Alzheimer’s disease; Anamnesis; Apathy; Apraxia; Attentional fluctuation; Biomarkers; Bradyprhenia; CBD; CERAD-NAB; Callosal angle; Clinical signs; Cognitive empathy; Cognitive rehabilitation; Cognitive screening; Cognitive slowing; Cognitive tests; Cognitive training; Core set for assessing dementia; Corticobasal degeneration; Counseling; Dementia; Dementia as clinical syndrome; Diagnostical decision tree; Disinhibition; Dorsal and ventral visual processing; Dyslexia; Early treatment; False positives recognition; Frontotemporal lobe dementia; Gait disturbance; Language comprehension; Lewy body dementia; Logopenic; Mediterranean diet; Memory consolidation; Memory disorder; Mild cognitive impairment; Multiple system atrophy; Neurodegenerative disease; Neuropsychological assessment; Neuropsychological differential diagnosis; Neuropsychological functional diagnosis; Nonfluent; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; PSP; Parkinson's disease; Phonological word fluency; Primary progressive aphasia; Primary progressive aphasias; Progressive supranuclear paralysis; Psychoeducation; Risk communication; Semantic dementia; Semantic training; Spinal tap test; Trail making test A; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Treatment; Typical and atypical Parkinson’s disease; Urinary incontinence; Verbal working memory; Visual hallucination; Visuoconstruction; Visuoperception; Visuoperceptive disorders; Word fluency; Working memory
412 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Paperback
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Neuropsychological Tools for Dementia: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment takes a unique approach by combining the neuroscientific background of neuropsychology, neuropsychological tools for diagnosis and disease staging, and neuropsychological treatment into one comprehensive book for researchers and clinicians. Sections present an introduction to neuropsychological assessment in dementias, Alzheimer?s disease, Parkinson?s disease and Lewy body dementia (alpha-synucleinopathies), atypical Parkinson?s diseases (tauopathies), language and behavioral variants of frontotemporal lobe degeneration, and normal pressure hydrocephalus. Each chapter elucidates the point that neuropsychological measures provide the tools to differentiate disease-specific impairments from normal age-related cognitive decline, and from other neurodegenerative diseases.
Moreover, the book discusses the possibility of helping patients through neuropsychological intervention. Case studies aid in the reader?s comprehension of the field, and two short guidelines for each disease?s specific assessment and treatment prepare readers for handling real-life patients.
1. Introduction: Neuropsychology and the assessment of patients with dementia2. Alzheimer’s disease: neuropathology, neuropsychological differential diagnosis, and treatment3. The alphasynucleinopathies: Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and multisystem atrophy4. Atypical Parkinson’s diseases: progressive supranuclear paralysis and corticobasal degeneration5. Primary progressive aphasias6. Behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia7. Normal pressure hydrocephalus8. A short guideline for the neuropsychological differential diagnosis of the dementias9. Overview treatment options
the Hospital Bremen-Ost. Dr. Hildebrandt’s clinical work focuses on the rehabilitation of patients with
severe cognitive disorders at the early neurological rehabilitation unit and the assessment of patients
with neurodegenerative diseases. He also teaches courses on clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation
at the University of Oldenburg and conducts clinical studies with different rehabilitation units in
Bremen, Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, and Bonn. Furthermore, Dr. Hildebrandt conducts research on the
rehabilitation of memory and neurological neglect. He is a former member of the scientific advisory
board of the German neuropsychological society (GNP). For the last 10 years, Dr. Hildebrandt has been
involved in the development of most of Germany’s guidelines concerning neuropsychological assessment
and rehabilitation.
- Includes epidemiological information regarding dementia
- Demonstrates the use of neuropsychological tests and screening tools in diagnosing and differentiating patients with dementia
- Outlines which investigation strategy and neuropsychological tests work best for assessing patients for different neurodegenerative diseases
- Reviews specific interventions to slow the progress of dementia wherever possible
- Discusses the neuropathology, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
