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Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia, 2013
Clinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology Series
Coordinators: Ravdin Lisa D., Katzen Heather L.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia:
Keywords
Aging; Alzheimer support groups; Alzheimer's dementia; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive changes with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cognitive changes with emphysema; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Episodic memory disorder; Frontotemporal dementia; Hydrocephalus; Lewy body dementia; Memory enhancement; Normal aging; Parkinson’s dementia; Parkinson’s disease; Semantic memory disorder; Vascular dementia
Publication date: 01-2014
527 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 09-2012
527 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Paperback
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1. Special Considerations for the Neuropsychological Interview of Older Adults.- 2. Consideration of Cognitive Reserve.- 3. Considerations for the Neuropsychological Evaluation of Older Ethnic Minority Populations.- 4. The Assessment of Change: Serial Assessments in Dementia Evaluations.- 5. After the Diagnosis of Dementia: Considerations in Disease Management.- 6. Sleep and Aging.- 7. Medications and Cognition in Older Adults.- 8. Assessment of Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults.- 9. Neuropsychological Assessment and Management of Older Adults with Multiple Somatic Symptoms.- 10. Driving Evaluation in Older Adults.- 11. Environmental Design for Cognitive Decline.- 12. Prevention of Cognitive Decline.- 13. Clinical Neuropsychology Practice and the Medicare Patient.- 14. Professional Competence as the Foundation for Ethical Neuropsychological Practice with Older Adults.- 15. Ethical Considerations in the Neuropsychological Assessment of Older Adults.- Part II: Late Life Cognitive Disorders.- 16. Mild Cognitive Impairment and Normal Aging.- 17. Differential Diagnosis of Depression and Dementia.- 18. Assessment of Alzheimer’s disease.- 19. Vascular Cognitive Impairment.- 20. Assessment in Acute Stroke Rehabilitation.- 21. Accurate Assessment of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia.- 22. Movement Disorders with Dementia in Older Adults.- 23. Neuropsychological Considerations for Parkinson's Disease Patients Being Considered for Surgical Intervention with Deep Brain Stimulation.- 24. Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.- 25. Episodic and Semantic Memory Disorders.- 26. Epilepsy and Aging.- 27. Neuropsychological Assessment of Older Adults with a History of Cancer.- 28. Evaluating Cognition in Patients with COPD/emphysema.- 29. Hepatic Encephalopathy.- 30. Late-Onset Schizophrenia.- 31. Capacity Evaluations in Older Adults: Neuropsychological Perspectives.
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