Book · 2015
The Cognitive Impairment Spectrum
Mark D. Miller
Oxford Clinical Psychology
Abstract
Chapter 5 discusses the cognitive impairment spectrum, including delirium, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as well as vascular changes in the brain and other common causes of dementia, mixed causes and the prodromal period, minimal cognitive impairment, chronic alcoholism and cognitive impairment, the use of brain imaging and neuropsychological testing, and the links between depression and dementia.