This third volume in the "Psychiatry in Progress" series deals with a topic which is of increasing importance as populations are becoming steadily older. In keeping with others in the series, this volume contains chapters from the world's leading experts, with authoritative views on the most important aspects of the field, including the physiology and pathology of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease, the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders, molecular and genetic factors, problems of classification (ICD-10 and DSM IV), and psychological testing, as well as diagnosis, treatment and ethical issues. This volume appears under the auspices of the International PTC Committee.
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Höhe: 230 mm
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978-0-88937-137-8 (9780889371378)
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Brain aging and neuronal plasticity; neurone-glia interactions during aging - in-culture studies; the neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease is caused by fibrilation of B and phf (tau) proteins; molecular neuropathology and the causation of Alzheimer's disease; genetics and dementia; comparative epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in older age - prevalence and incidence; problems in the use of ICD-10 and DSM-IV in the psychiatry of old age; psychological testing and the evaluation of ability and disability in the elderly; dementia spectrum of depression - new biological approaches in the differential diagnosis; pharmacological therapy of cognitive deficits; sense of coherence in caregivers to demented elderly persons in Belgium; ethics, medical decisions near the end of life and dementia. (Part contents).
