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This fully revised and updated edition gives the latest information on causes, preventive measures, diagnosis, treatment, and drugs. But "The Loss of Self" goes even further than the biological, medical, and social issues to explore the emotional challenges any person coping with Alzheimer's will experience. Personal stories give hope, dignity, and ideas for solving even the most difficult problems such as sexuality, violence, abuse, and family conflict. "The Loss of Self" speaks to those suffering from Alzheimer's and to family members wanting to understand how to help a relative and to meet...

A memoir of the author's experiences while working on a locked psychiatric unit. Her story is part tell-all, part comedy and part tragedy. She also gives her opinion on how the mental health system can be improved. Also included is a thorough discussion and history of communicable diseases that threaten all patients and staff, as well as the general public. The author also sounds a warning bell about the fiscal fragility of Medicare, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

This book focuses on approaches to computer-assisted medical decision-making. A unique feature of the book is that a specific problem in medical decision-making has been selected from the literature, with each contributed chapter presenting a different approach to the solution of the same problem. Theoretical foundations for each approach are provided, followed by practical application. Techniques include knowledge-based reasoning, neural network models, hybrid systems, reasoning with uncertainty, and fuzzy logic, among others. The goal is to supply the reader with a variety of theoretical...