"This book provides an overview of the cognitive and behavioral profiles of the cortical dementias in a readable and clinically relevant manner. Its emphasis on disease entities primarily affecting cortical structures allows for a more comprehensive description of the latest insights into the pathogenesis and assessment of a number of different disease processes... Weighted Numerical Score: 98 - 5 Stars!"

Melissa Jones, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Doody's Medical Reviews

The Neuropsychology of Cortical Dementias addresses in depth the neuropsychological impact and features of the full range of cortical dementias. It examines the differential neuropathological and pathophysiological bases of these dementias and emphasizes their behavioral and cognitive aspects in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. The book also presents the most advanced techniques and strategies for disease-specific treatment. Important legal/ethical issues and the role of caregivers in treating dementia patients are also covered.

Featuring contributions from such diverse disciplines as neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, and clinical psychology, this volume provides a broad interdisciplinary perspective for practicing clinical neuropsychologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, gerontologists, and psychologists who work with patients with dementia.

Key Features:

• Includes comprehensive, clinically focused coverage of all major cortical dementias
• Covers neuroanatomy, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of dementia patients, as well as legal and ethical issues
• Discusses assessment and diagnosis from the perspectives of neuroimaging and cognitive and behavioral symptoms
• Discusses a range of interventions (pharmacological, cognitive behavioral, etc.) and management issues related to dementia treatment
• Informed by contributions from such diverse disciplines as neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, and clinical psychology

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Section I: Foundations and Principles

Chapter 1: The Neuroscience of Cortical Dementias: Linking Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuropsychology

Daniel A. Nation, David P. Salmon, and Mark W. Bondi

Chapter 2: Integration of Imaging in Cortical Dementia Diagnosis

Chiara Cerami and Stefano F. Cappa

Chapter 3: Neuropsychological Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Cortical Dementias

Melissa L. Edwards, Valerie Hobson Balldin, and Sid E. OíBryant

Section II: Types of Cortical Dementias and Related Presentations

Chapter 4: Alzheimer's Disease

Steven W. Anderson and Martin D. Cassell

Chapter 5: Vascular-Based Cognitive Disorders: Vascular Dementias, CADASIL, and Moyamoya

Chad A. Noggle, Lokesh Shahani, and Mark T. Barisa

Chapter 6: Dysexecutive Impairment Associated With Vascular Dementia

Melissa Lamar, Catherine C. Price, Tania Giovannetti, Rod Swenson, and David J. Libon

Chapter 7: Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Mario Riverol and Oscar L. LÛpez

Chapter 8: Neuropsychological Disturbance and Alcoholism: Korsakoff's and Beyond

Lokesh Shahani, Chad A. Noggle, and Jon C. Thompson

Chapter 9: Frontotemporal Dementias

Dong (Dan) Y. Han, Benjamin A. Pyykkonen, Anne L. Shandera-Ochsner, and Frederick A. Schmitt

Chapter 10: Semantic Dementia

Daniel Rexroth

Chapter 11: Primary Progressive Aphasia

Rhonda Friedman, Sally Long, and R. Scott Turner

Chapter 12: Prion Diseases

Brian S. Appleby

Chapter 13: Dementia Pugilistica and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Dominic A. Carone and Shane S. Bush

Chapter 14: Mild Cognitive Impairment: Many Questions, Some Answers

Kevin Duff

Chapter 15: Delirium: From Pathology to Treatment

Melanie Rylander and Chad A. Noggle

Section III: Interventions and Other Issues

Chapter 16: Pharmacology of Dementing Disorders

Robert H. Howland

Chapter 17: Nonpharmacological, Cognitive Interventions in Dementia

Lokesh Shahani and Chad A. Noggle

Chapter 18: The Role of Caregivers in the Treatment of Patients With Dementia

Geoffrey Tremont and Jennifer Duncan Davis

Chapter 19: Comorbid Manifestations and Secondary Complications of Dementia

Julie Sheffler and Chad A. Noggle

Chapter 20: Determination of Capacity: Pragmatic, Legal, and Ethical Considerations

Stacey Wood and Daniel Krauss

Index