Dementia and normal aging

List of contributors Foreword E. S. Paykel Preface F. A. Huppert Acknowledgement Part I. Introduction: 1. What is the relationship between dementia and normal aging? F. A. Huppert and C. Brayne Part II. The Development of Contemporary Views of Dementia: 2. Dementia and aging since the 19th century G. E. Berrios 3. The history of research into dementia and its relationship to current concepts W. A. Lishman 4. The relationship between normal aging of the brain and dementia Sir Martin Roth Part III. The Diagnosis of Dementia Today: 5. International criteria and differential diagnosis A. S. Henderson and N. Sartorius 6. Mild dementia: a clinical perspective D. W. O'Connor 7. Neurological aspects of dementia and normal aging J. R. Hodges 8. Imaging and dementia C. E. L. Freer Part IV. Research Methodology and Population Studies: 9. How common are cognitive impairment and dementia? An epidemiological viewpoint C. Brayne 10. What are the risk factors for dementia? J. A. Mortimer 11. How do risk factors for dementia relate to current theories on mechanisms of aging? T. B. L. Kirkwood 12. A method for measuring dementia as a continuum in community surveys A. F. Jorm Part V. Normal Ageing and Dementia During Life: 13. The meaning of dementia to those involved as carers P. A. Pollitt 14. Personality and behaviour in dementia and normal aging T. Hope 15. Memory function in dementia and normal aging - dimension of dichotomy? F. A. Huppert 16. Language function in dementia and normal aging D. Kempler and E. M. Zelinski 17. Visuospatial dysfunction in dementia and normal elderly J. V. Filoteo, D. C. Delis, P. J. Massman and N. Butters Part VI. Neurobiology of Normal Aging and Dementia: 18. Dementia and normal aging: neuropathology M. Esiri 19. Cholinergic component of aging and dementia E. K. Perry, J. A. Court, M. A. Piggott and R. H. Perry 20. Molecular characterization of the neurologenitive changes which distinguish normal aging from Alzheimer's disease C. Wischik, C. Harrington and E. B. Mukaetova-Ladinska 21. Genetic linkage in Alzheimer's disease S.-J. Richards and C. van Broeckhoven Part VII. Health Care and Social Policy Issues: 22. Health care policy and planning for dementia: an international perspective B. Cooper 23. Public health implications of a continuum of dementia K.-T. Khaw Index.