Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry Series) » (Second Edition)

Now in its Second Edition, this practical guide focuses on assessment, diagnosis, and management of the complex array of dementia disorders seen in older patients. Using the conversational style and clinical vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry titles, Dr. Agronin addresses all the subtypes of dementia and associated psychiatric conditions such as agitation, psychosis, and depression. This edition features a new chapter on mild cognitive impairment and expanded coverage of Alzheimer disease and risk factors.

Chapters offer advice on caregiver support and legal and ethical concerns. Handy pocket-card appendices include tests used in the dementia workup and treatment guides for agitation, psychosis, and depression.

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Reviewer:Michael Joel Schrift, D.O., M.A.(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description:This is the second edition of this excellent concise guide to the assessment and management of patients suffering from dementia. Edited and written by a clinician-educator in the field, this book remains an excellent resource for geriatric psychiatrists.
Purpose:It is intended to provide the practicing clinician "a practical guide that can be brought into the clinic when one is evaluating and treating patients." The author produces a very useful and concise update.
Audience:The targeted audience includes geriatric psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists, cognitive neurologists, geriatricians, trainees in geriatric psychiatry, and primary care physicians.
Features:The book covers dementia assessment, dementia subtypes, psychiatric complications of dementia and their treatments, and caregiver and legal/ethical issues. The appendixes contain guides and scales for the dementia evaluation, assessment and treatment of psychiatric complications, and OBRA guidelines.
Assessment:This concise and useful resource for the diagnosis and management of patients with dementia will keep the busy clinician up to date in this rapidly advancing field.

SECTION I: CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF DEMENTIA
Dementia Defined The Dementia Interview The Dementia Workup I: History The Dementia Workup II: Physical, Neurological, and Mental Status Examination The Dementia Workup III: Medical, Psychiatric, and Neuropsychological Tests

SECTION II:DEMENTIA SUBTYPES
Mild Cognitive Impairment Alzheimer Disease: Definition and Diagnosis Treatment of Alzheimer Disease Vascular Dementia Dementia with Lewy Bodies Frontotemporal Dementia Dementia Associated with Medical Conditions

SECTION III:PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DEMENTIA
Assessment of Agitation and Psychosis Treatment of Agitation and Psychosis Assessment and Treatment of Depression and Apathy

SECTION IV:PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN DEMENTIA CARE
Caring for the Caregiver Legal and Ethical Issues

APPENDICES A: Pocket Cards: Dementia Workup
Dementia Screen Questions The Dementia Workup: History The Dementia Workup: Physical Examination The Dementia Workup: Mental Status Examination The Cognitive Screen for Dementia Clock Drawing Test The Dementia Workup: Tests
B: Pocket Cards: Agitation, Psychosis, and Delirium in Dementia
Assessment of Agitation and Psychosis in Dementia Confusion Assessment Method Rating Scale for Delirium Treatment of Agitation and Psychosis in Dementia OBRA, or Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, Guidelines OBRA, or Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, Dosing Guidelines
C: Pocket Cards: Depression in Dementia
Assessment of Depression in Dementia Depression Symptom Checklist for Dementia Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Depression in Dementia
D: Pocket Card: Caregiver Assessment
The Mini-Burden Interview

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