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Overview
It is important to understand the relationship between the brain, cognition and behavior when providing care to the elderly. Behavioral Neurology in the Elderly provides a comprehensive overview of this significant relationship, one of the most important topics concerning medical and behavioral gerontology today. It provides insight into how the aging brain affects memory and language, as well as motor, emotional, and executive functioning.
Beginning with a historical view of aging and healthy living, this practical and informative book describes the most important neurobehavioral issues such as information processing, motor function, language and communication. It also provides essential information on neurobehavioral disorders such as depression, sleep disorders, epilepsy, apraxia, dementia and stroke. Furthermore, it offers an ultimate guide to medical and neuropsychological geriatric assessment and evaluation. A resource for all professionals working with elderly people, Behavioral Neurology in the Elderly points out new directions in research methods for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
Synopsis
It is important to understand the relationship between the brain, cognition and behavior when providing care to the elderly. Behavioral Neurology in the Elderly provides a comprehensive overview of this significant relationship, one of the most important topics concerning medical and behavioral gerontology today. It provides insight into how the aging brain affects memory and language, as well as motor, emotional, and executive functioning.
Beginning with a historical view of aging and healthy living, this practical and informative book describes the most important neurobehavioral issues such as information processing, motor function, language and communication. It also provides essential information on neurobehavioral disorders such as depression, sleep disorders, epilepsy, apraxia, dementia and stroke. Furthermore, it offers an ultimate guide to medical and neuropsychological geriatric assessment and evaluation. A resource for all professionals working with elderly people, Behavioral Neurology in the Elderly points out new directions in research methods for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Reviewer:Daniel B. Hier, MD(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description:This is a multiauthored collection of 21 reviews covering major aspects of geriatric behavioral neurology.
Purpose:The editors have sought to collect in a single book critical information on the behavioral neurology of the elderly. The material is presented largely in an overview or introductory level that is suitable for new entrants into the field.
Audience:This book is aimed at neurologists, neurospsychologists, geriatricians, and psychiatrists who care for the elderly with neuropsychiatric conditons. The emphasis is clearly on cognitive rather than psychiatric disorders, although both are covered.
Features:This well-written book has a clearly European flavor as many of the contributing authors are from Spain. The remainder are from the United States, Italy, and Colombia. Early chapters in the book cover geriatrics and gerontology as well as the epidemiology and neuroanatomy of aging. The middle third of book reviews cognitive disorders in the elderly and their diagnosis and assessment. The final third of the book deals with management and assessment.
Assessment:This book is clear and well-written. It provides an excellent introduction to the epidemiology, nature, description, and assessment of cognitive disorders in the elderly including disorders of memory, language, sleep, motor function, and emotional function. American readers will find the chapters on treatment less helpful as they reflect European approaches to treatment that are unfamiliar or inconsistent with American approaches.
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Reviewer: Daniel B. Hier, MD(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)Description: This is a multiauthored collection of 21 reviews covering major aspects of geriatric behavioral neurology.
Purpose: The editors have sought to collect in a single book critical information on the behavioral neurology of the elderly. The material is presented largely in an overview or introductory level that is suitable for new entrants into the field.
Audience: This book is aimed at neurologists, neurospsychologists, geriatricians, and psychiatrists who care for the elderly with neuropsychiatric conditons. The emphasis is clearly on cognitive rather than psychiatric disorders, although both are covered.
Features: This well-written book has a clearly European flavor as many of the contributing authors are from Spain. The remainder are from the United States, Italy, and Colombia. Early chapters in the book cover geriatrics and gerontology as well as the epidemiology and neuroanatomy of aging. The middle third of book reviews cognitive disorders in the elderly and their diagnosis and assessment. The final third of the book deals with management and assessment.
Assessment: This book is clear and well-written. It provides an excellent introduction to the epidemiology, nature, description, and assessment of cognitive disorders in the elderly including disorders of memory, language, sleep, motor function, and emotional function. American readers will find the chapters on treatment less helpful as they reflect European approaches to treatment that are unfamiliar or inconsistent with American approaches.
3 Stars from Doody