Publisher's Synopsis
This volume is derived from an International Symposium on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Alois Alzheimer.;Over the past decade, as the elderly have become the fastest-growing segment of the population in industrialized countries, Alzheimer's disease has emerged as one of the major mental health problems. The contributors to this book, all authorities in the field of dementia, present information about epidemiology, neuropathology, neurochemistry and clinics in Alzheimer's disease. The text will be a useful resource for psychiatrists, neurologists, scientists working in the fields of neuropathology, neurochemistry and molecular genetics, behavioural scientists, and others who share an interest in understanding and treating the older individual with Alzheimer's disease/dementia.
