Vascular Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Advancing an Integrated Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-063423-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 913 g

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) are commonly viewed as the first and second most common types of dementia, respectively. The traditional paradigm has been to view and treat each illness as a separate entity with a separate pathophysiology. However, clinical and pathological studies suggest that the boundary separating AD and VaD, as well as their mild cognitive impairment (MCI) analogs, is not well defined. Thus, there is increased interest in
viewing these diseases along a spectrum because of the significant overlap in the characterization and diagnosis of AD, VaD, and MCI. The focus of this edited volume is to examine how AD and VaD, as well as their MCI analogs, are best viewed as a heterogeneous, intersecting, if not a continuous disease
state rather than separate, distinct entities. This book examines this approach by providing empirically based evidence, reviews of the literature, and chapters by key leaders in the field and will be of interest to clinical neuropsychologists and anyone studying or treating dementia in its many forms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Libon

Libon, David J.

Lamar, Melissa

Swenson, Rodney A.

Heilman, Kenneth M.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Gedächtnis
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen

Über Autor(innen)

David J. Libon is Professor of Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Psychology at the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University.

Melissa Lamar is a licensed Clinical Neuropsychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and a full-time Cognitive Neuroscientist within the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center at the Rush University Medical Center.

Rodney A. Swenson is a board certified Neuropsychologist and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Kenneth M. Heilman is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida.