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New. 0889371377. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--182 pages--TABLE OF CONTENTS: Participants * Preface * Ageing and neuronal plasticity: the role of calcium 1 * Neurone-glia interactions during ageing: in-culture studies 9 * The neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease is caused by fibrillisation of A[beta] and PHF (tau) proteins 31 * Molecular neuropathology in the causation of Alzheimer's disease 43 * Molecular genetic analysis of Alzheimer's disease 55 * Comparative epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in older age: prevalence and incidence 69 * The Berlin Aging Study (Berliner Altersstudie, BASE): recent psychiatric findings 83 * Problems in the use of ICD-10 and DSM-IV in the psychiatry of old age 87 * Psychological testing, and the evaluation of ability and disability in the elderly 99 * Dementia spectrum of depression-new biological approaches to differential diagnosis 113 * Pharmacological therapy of cognitive deficits 129 * Sense of coherence in caregivers to demented elderly persons in Belgium 145 * Ethics, medical decisions near the end of life, and dementia 157. --DESCRIPTION: --This volume deals with a topic of clearly great relevance. In keeping with its companion volumes, Neuropsychiatry in Old Age contains state-of-the-art chapters from the world's leading experts in this field. It covers topics such as the physiology and pathology of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease, the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders, molecular and genetic factors, problems of classification (ICD-10 and DSM IV), and psychological testing, as well as diagnosis, treatment, and ethical issues. Superb for any health professional working with older patients. --with a bonus offer--
