Therapeutic Strategies in Dementia

* Widely acknowledged as onof the most challenging aspects of dealing with an aging population, the increasing prevalence of cognitive decline in the elderly presents the clinican with a variety of complex therapeutic problems. * Alzheimer's disease and other dementias vary in their onset and progession, 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 important new work, leading experts review the therapeutic agents currently available and assess their effectiveness. * Also included is an update o 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.