Neurocognitive Disorders in Aging
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"This comprehensive and lucid book provides a unified and principled look at neurogenic disorders in aging. Nothing quite like it exists. Many professions provide service to individuals with such problems. Similarly, many professions are involved in furthering research with them. But they seldom speak a common language or a share a common understanding of them. Dr. Kempler′s book provides the way for all of us to interact . . . and it follows naturally, that individuals who have these disorders should benefit."
-Audrey L. Holland, Ph.D., Regents′ Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona"Kempler has accomplished a great deal with this book. It provides comprehensive, sophisticated, and highly accessible coverage of a vast and important area. Clinicians, researchers, and students from several disciplines will find this text extremely useful due to its thoroughness and scope. And, almost as important in practical terms, the book is easy to read."
"Daniel Kempler′s book has a wonderfully clear, smooth teaching voice which brings clarity to difficult topics. The emphasis on treatment strategies in addition to assessment strategies stands out, as does the attention to successful and normal aging as well as pathology. The book serves well as an introduction for practitioners and students who are working with the elderly and want to expand their knowledge of neurobehavioral issues, as well as a refresher or quick reference for more advanced readers."
-Laura M. Clark, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNeurocognitive Disorders in Aging
offers an excellent introduction to the common disorders that cause cognitive and related behavioral impairments in older people. The book 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, author Daniel Kempler emphasizes the links between brain dysfunction, cognitive impairment, diagnosis, and treatment.Neurocognitive Disorders in Aging
begins with an introduction to the basic concepts necessary to understand symptoms and diseases of aging including basic neuroanatomy, the pathophysiology underlying focal brain damage, and the differences between younger and older adults that affect clinical evaluations and treatments. The book then moves on to examine specific cognitive and behavioral disorders such as those that occur after an injury to a localized region of the brain, issues of memory loss, and several common movement disorders associated with aging. The examination of each disorder looks at areas of normal function, changes in healthy aging, and common behavioral systems of the disease, followed by diagnostic and treatment issues.Key Features
Neurocognitive Disorders in Aging is an exceptional introduction for students and professionals with no prior background in gerontology, medicine, or related fields, as well as those who have general knowledge of these topics but wish to learn more about specific disorders. It is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in gerontology, clinical psychology, and neuropsychology. The book is also an excellent reference for practitioners such as day-care and nursing-home workers, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation specialists, physicians, and nurses.
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