Therapeutic Strategies in Dementia. This item is unavailable.Therapeutic Strategies in Dementia

Widely acknowledged as one of the most challenging aspects of dealing with an aging population, the increasing prevalence of cognitive decline in the elderly presents the clinician with a variety of complex therapeutic problems. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias vary in their onset and progression, as do patients in their responsiveness to treatment - social management is as important as the choice of therapeutic agent, and implementing effective and sympathetic treatment requires care and sensitivity as well as a sound knowledge of currently available options.

In this book, leading experts review the therapeutic agents currently available and assess their effectiveness. Also included is an update on recent and on-going clinical trials, the prospects for new therapeutic targets and the development of new biomarkers that will aid recognition of disease and thus earlier intervention.

For neurologists, psychiatrists, general physicians, and hospital pharmacists.

Editors: Craig Ritchie, Director of Clinical Trials, Department of Mental Health Studies, University College, London, UK; David Ames, University of Melbourne, Australia; Colin Masters, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Australia; Jeffrey Cummings, Director, UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center, Los Angeles, California.