Article Category: Types of dementia

Understanding dementia 7: Developing drug treatments

Continuing our clinical teaching series, Dr Robert Tobiansky describes the many routes of current research and development in the search for a pharmacological treatment for dementia. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Robbed of their future

When dementia strikes at a younger age there are special problems for both sufferer and carer. Jill Walton and Penelope Roques describe the role of the nurse at a specialist clinic for people with pre-senile dementia. Author/s: Jill Walton, Penelope Roques For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Out of place, and out of time

Sharing care facilities with people over 65 can exacerbate the problems faced by younger people with dementia. Eddie Mulligan argues that this group has special needs and deserves specialist services. Author/s: Eddie Mulligan For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Understanding dementia 5: Assessment and differential diagnosis

Dr Robert Tobiansky explains the process of assessment and differential diagnosis of dementia. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Understanding dementia 6: The clinical course of dementia

Dr Robert Tobiansky reviews current knowledge of prevalence, cost, and the clinical course of dementia. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Understanding dementia 3: Diffuse Lewy body disease

Diffuse Lewy body disease was thought very rare until recent years. Its discovery in increasing numbers of patients has added significantly to understanding the different forms of dementia, writes Dr Robert Tobiansky. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if...

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Understanding dementia 4: The rarer dementias

Dr Gill Livingston discusses the main causes of the rarer primary dementias, plus those dementias which are secondary to another disease, and may thus be reversible. Author/s: Gill Livingston For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Understanding dementia: Alzheimer’s disease

Beginning our clinical series, Dr Robert Tobiansky defines dementia, and describes what happens to the brain and how this affects emotions and behaviour in Alzheimer’s disease. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Understanding dementia 2: Vascular dementia

In this second article in our clinical teaching series, Dr Robert Tobiansky describes the various different types of Vascular dementia. Author/s: Robert Tobiansky For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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