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Edited by Myron F. Weiner and Anne M. Lipton
4th ed, 557 pp, $125
Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-5856-2278-8

JAMA. 2009;302(15):1707-1708.

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As many as 5.3 million persons in the United States are living with Alzheimer disease, and an additional 10 million US baby boomers are projected to be at risk over their lifetime. Worldwide, with the rapid increase in the older population, Alzheimer disease and related dementias will affect an increasing number of families, with major societal and economic implications. Hence, these are conditions likely to be encountered by a wide range of clinicians. This multiauthored textbook on dementia, coedited by a leading academic geriatric psychiatrist and a practicing neurologist, is a comprehensive, pragmatic, and beautiful synthesis of where clinical care and the search for a cure stand today.

This new edition substantially expands the scope of the editors' earlier The Dementias: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Research, with nearly twice the number of contributors—all leading clinicians or researchers. The 26 chapters are grouped into 6 sections covering history/epidemiology; evaluation and diagnosis; . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Barry Baumel, MD, Reviewer
Mind Research Network
Albuquerque, New Mexico
barrybaumel@gmail.com

P. Murali Doraiswamy, MD, Reviewer
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
dorai001@mc.duke.edu

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