Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Dr. Glenn Smith is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and professor of psychology at Mayo Clinic In Rochester MN. He has served as principal investigator of the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Education Core. Dr. Smith has had continuous research funding since 1994 and has authored or co-authored over 180 original article on normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and dementia. He led development and directs Mayo's Dementia Behavior Assessment and Response Team (DBART) and HABIT (Healthy Action to Benefit Independence and Thinking) program for persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment. He is past president of the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology and of the Division of Clinical Neuropsychology of the American Psychological Association. In addition to supervising postdoctoral fellows, he maintains an active diagnostic neuropsychology practice. Mark W. Bondi is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, and director of Neuropsychological Assessment Unit at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. He is recipient of a Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research from the National Institute on Aging. His NIH-funded research centers on the cognitive and brain changes of individuals at risk for dementia, and he has published more than 120 articles, books, and book chapters. Dr. Bondi is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and National Academy of Neuropsychology of the American Psychological Association, and member of the board of directors of the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology and board of governors of the International Neuropsychological Society. Dr. Bondi maintains a clniical practice in neuropsychology.

• Chapter 1: Introduction ; Chapter 2: Role of Neuropsychological Measurement in MCI and Dementia Assessment ; Chapter 3: Normal Cognitive Aging ; Chapter 4: Mild Cognitive Impairment ; Chapter 5: Alzheimer's Disease ; Chapter 6: Vascular Dementia ; Chapter 7: Dementia with Lewy Bodies (With Guest Author Tanis J Ferman, PhD) ; Chapter 8: Frontotemporal Dementias ; Chapter 9: Atypical Dementias (With David P. Salmon, Ph.D.) ; Chapter 10: Interventions for the Behavioral Disturbances of Dementia

This book offers a great overview of what constitutes normal ageing compared with mild cognitive impairments and the various types of dementia.