Neurocognitive Behavioral Disorders An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient-Centered Care /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nash, Maureen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Foidel, Sarah (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Geriatrics.; Psychiatry.; Primary care (Medicine).; Nursing.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Primary Care Medicine.

This book approaches dementia by reviewing behavioral disturbances, cognitive, and functional assessments to provide a more accurate diagnosis. This approach allows physicians to design specific interventions that is tailored to the person and their challenges, which is often poorly executed. Writte...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Background of Dementia as a leading health concern
• History of treatment and assessment
• Defining roles and scope of practice
• Recommendation for communication, documentation
• Diagnostic criteria for NCD
• Review DSM 5 Cognitive Domains
• Review Assessments
• Review functional cognition and task performance
• Delirium
• Frontotemporal Dementia Variants
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Strokes and other Vascular injuries
• Parkinson's/ Parkinson's Plus
• Huntington's.