Dementia 2e (Wpa Series, Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, V. 3)
Author(s):Mario Maj (Author)
- Publisher: John Wiley &Sons
- Publication Date: December 17, 2002
- Edition: Subsequent
- Language: English
- Print length: 416 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780470849637
- ISBN-13: 9780470849637
Book Description
Dementia is most frequently associated with aging and is, at present, under-diagnosed and under-represented all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed. This book provides a much needed review of the diagnostic procedures and the implementations of therapeutic interventions.
* Provides accompanying commentaries by an outstanding line up of contributors
* Covers developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement
* Provides an unbiased and reliable reference point
* Provides accompanying commentaries by an outstanding line up of contributors
* Covers developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement
* Provides an unbiased and reliable reference point
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Be Guided by the Evidence...
Dementia is at present under-diagnosed and under-treated all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and, consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed.
This new edition of the third volume of the WPA Series, Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry, provides:
- State-of-the-art systematic reviews of the subject
- Accompanying commentaries by an outstanding line up of contributors
- Coverage of developments in diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, economic evaluation and quality improvement
- An unbiased and reliable reference pointThis new edition will provide invaluable information for all psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, managers and policy makers.