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Alzheimer's Disease

Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2002

Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia: Pocketbook (Medical Pocketbooks)
D P Devanand, Brian Lawlor

Informa Healthcare, 2000

Behavioural changes such as motor agitation and physical aggression, as well as delusions and hallucinations, commonly occur in patients with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease. this reviews the available knowledge about the clinical presentation, prevalence, and the optimal therapeutic strategies for these symptoms in patients with dementia.

Clinical Guidelines in Old Age Psychiatry
Alistair Burns, Tom Dening, ...

Informa Healthcare, 2001

Over the last twenty years, researchers and psychiatrists have discovered that the occurrence of mental illness in older people presents a unique set of challenges. Proper diagnosis, for example, can be more difficult, since the effects of aging factor into the presentation. In this volume, the author documents the wide range of published guidelines for the diagnosis, investigation and treatment of mental disorders affecting older people. It ...

Behavioral Complications in Alzheimer's Disease (Clinical Practice, No 31)

American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 1995

Behavioral Complications in Alzheimer& rsquo;s Disease is the first book to focus exclusively on Alzheimer& rsquo;s disease and on the noncognitive disturbances associated with this disease. It centers on the emerging data regarding the biology of the illness. The book provides clinicians with practical management strategies for the identification, measurement, and treatment of behavioral symptoms in patients with Alzheimer& rsquo;s disease. ...

Assessment Scales in Old Age Psychiatry

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Alistair Burns, Brian Lawlor, ...

Taylor & Francis, 1999

A fundamental guide book for elderly mental health team
A wonderful compendium, which have summarized an extensive knowledge of the elderly mental health assessment field. It is a fundamental dayly tool for any professional interested in psychogeriatrics.