Diagnosis and Management of Dementia: A Manual for Memory Disorders Te ams is an edited volume covering all aspects of the operation of a mem ory disorders team. It is aimed at all those working in the dementia o r memory disorders team, whether in a clinic or a community setting.

Delirium is a cognitive disorder consisting of deficits of attention, arousal, consciousness, memory, orientation, perception, speech and language. It represents the most frequent complication of hospitalisation in the older population. Despite its importance in terms of clinical, economic and social considerations, and despite considerable advances in the past decade, it remains a relatively misunderstood and mis-diagnosed condition. DEGREESNL This book provides a state -of-the-art update of delirium research, covering its history, conceptualisation, measurement, epidemiology,...

Given the increased attention by clinicians, researchers and the pharmaceutical industry to the management and treatment of dementia not only in the elderly but also in increasingly younger populations, the demands for effective evidence-based pharmaceutical control of dementia and quantitative assessment of outcomes have increased. Since some first steps in the early 1960's to the controversial landmark paper of Summers and colleagues, to the most recent trials, it is clear both that much progress has been made, and that much remains to be done. This book is written to take stock of what is...