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Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
  • Format
  • HARDCOVER
  • Authored by: Sonja M. Lillrank, M.D.; Ph.D., Christine Collins, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University; Foreword by Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development
  • From the Series: Psychological Disorders
  • Trim Size: 7 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0791090051
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-9005-3
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $37.50
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 01/01/2007
  • Dewey Number: 616
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 128

Summary

Dementias are brain disorders that impair memory, thinking, behavior, and physical activity, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form, affecting 50 to 60 percent of dementia patients. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias provides helpful clarification of this group of diseases and their specific types. Readers will learn how to recognize the symptoms of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, how these disorders are diagnosed, the latest theories about their cause, and how they can be treated. The book also directs attention to current research on the subject, the outlook for future prevention and treatment, and resources providing further information.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and illustrations. Charts. Diagrams. Glossary. Sidebars. References. Further reading. Web sites. Index.

About the Author(s)

Series editor Christine Collins has a Ph.D. in biopsychology from Cornell University and is currently a research assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. Collins' research focuses on the neural mechanisms of recovery following injury.

Foreword author Pat Levitt, Ph.D., is the director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.

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