Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 333 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

1. Offers an excellent introduction to the common disorders that cause cognitive and related behavioral impairments in older people, and prepares readers to readily identify abnormal behavior and make inferences about the underlying pathology, likely diagnoses, and possible treatment of those disorders. Throughout the book, the author emphasizes the links between brain dysfunction, cognitive impairment, diagnosis, and treatment.

Subject

1. Cognition disorders in old age
2. Geriatric neuropsychiatry
3. Older people
4. Neurobehavioral disorders
5. Neurocognitive Disorders
6. Aged
7. Aged, 80 and over
8. elderly
9. Older people
10. Cognition disorders in old age
11. Geriatric neuropsychiatry
12. Alter
13. Geriatrie
14. Kognitive Störung

Contents

1. How do younger and older patients differ? -- Brain basics -- sTroke and other focal neurological disorders / Aphasia: disorders of language -- Alexia and agrphia: disorders of written language -- Pragmatic communication deficitis: disorders of prosody, discourse, and nonliteral language / Visuospatial deficits / Agnosia: disorders or recogntiion -- Problem-solving deficits / Amnesia: disturbances of memory / Dementia -- Delirium and depression -- Movement disorders / Successful cognitive and physical aging / Melissa Tabbarah and Teresa E. Seeman.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-296) and index.