Handbook of Neuropsychology and Aging

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Paul David Nussbaum

      Pages 1-4

3. Normal Aging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Age-Related Change in Cognitive Function

      • Robert S. Wilson, David A. Bennett, Andrea Swartzendruber

      Pages 7-14

   3. Personality and Normal Aging

      • Christopher Starratt, Linda Peterson

      Pages 15-31

   4. Anatomy and Physiology of the Aging Human Brain

      • David C. Martin, Fred H. Rubin

      Pages 32-43

   5. Psychosocial Aspects of Aging

      • Jodi D. Nadler, Louis F. Damis, Emily D. Richardson

      Pages 44-59

4. Psychiatric Disorders of Late Life

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Mood Disorders

      • Harold G. Koenig

      Pages 63-79

   3. Anxiety Disorders

      • Carol J. Schramke

      Pages 80-97

   4. Psychotic Disorders in Late Life

      • Gerald Goldstein

      Pages 98-110

   5. Substance Abuse in Elderly Individuals

      • Daniel N. Allen, Rhonda K. B. Landis

      Pages 111-137

5. Neuropsychological Disorders of Late Life

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. The Neuropsychology of Alzheimer’s Disease

      • David P. Salmon, Mark W. Bondi

      Pages 141-158

   3. Frontotemporal Dementias

      • Mahmood A. Usman

      Pages 159-176

   4. Vascular Dementia

      • Susan E. McPherson, Jeffrey L. Cummings

      Pages 177-188

   5. Neuropsychological Evaluation of Subcortical Dementia

      • Mark R. Lovell, Stanley S. Smith

      Pages 189-200

   6. Alcoholic Korsakoff’s Syndrome

      • Marlene Oscar-Berman, Denise L. Evert

      Pages 201-215

   7. Parkinson’s Disease

      • Mark W. Bondi, Alexander I. Tröster

      Pages 216-245

   8. Huntington’s Disease

      • Frederick W. Bylsma

      Pages 246-259

Leaders in neuropsychology, behavioral neurology, speech and language science, neuropsychiatry, and many other disciplines contribute to this volume, the first comprehensive review of knowledge in the field. They discuss a wide range of disorders, including areas of recent research - such as frontal lobe dementias and the neuropsychological aspects of late life depression - and clinical problems typically given insufficient consideration in other works, such as seizure disorder, head injury, and mental retardation. Normal aging is also covered in detail, and assessment procedures and clinical interventions are given thorough treatment. Other highlights include discussions of guardianship and caregiving personality and behavior, psychotic disorders, Alzheimer's, and head trauma.

• Alzheimer
• aging
• assessment
• dementia
• depression
• rehabilitation

`The Handbook of Neuropsychology of Aging can, in any case, be fully recommended to both students and clinicians with interest in geriatric psychiatry and the neurology of old age. This book gives an opportunity to learn the essential research data and clinical facts from experts in a field of growing importance for neuropsychology.'
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6:4 (2000)

• Aging Research and Education Center, Lutheran Affiliated Services, Mars, USA

  Paul David Nussbaum

• Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA

  Paul David Nussbaum

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