Chapter 5 – Mania in Late Life
Abstract Mania in late life is a serious disorder that demands specialist assessment and management. However, it is greatly under-researched. The mainstay of the older adult psychiatry workload will inevitably…
Chapter 4 – Rare and Unusual Dementias
Abstract Over 95% of cases of dementia are attributable to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), dementia Lewy body (DLB), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), as well as mixed Alzheimer’s and…
Chapter 1 – Epidemiology and Mental Health in Old Age
Abstract Epidemiology is the study of disease and its determinants in populations. Epidemiological studies investigate what the patterns of diseases are and why they develop in particular populations. Epidemiology is…
Chapter 2 – Vascular Dementia
Abstract Over the course of the last hundred years our understanding of dementia has undergone considerable change. For much of that time ‘senility’ was seen as an almost inevitable concomitant…
Chapter 21 – Intensive Care of Stroke
Chapter 21 Intensive Care of Stroke Julian Bösel Introduction Severe acute stroke, i.e. acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), has been recognized to deserve management in an intensive…
Chapter 25 – Neurorehabilitation Practice for Stroke Patients
Chapter 25 Neurorehabilitation Practice for Stroke Patients Jan Mehrholz Introduction It is well known that stroke is a global healthcare problem that is very common and very disabling [1]. According…
Chapter 23 – Infections in Stroke
Chapter 23 Infections in Stroke Achim J. Kaasch and Harald Seifert Introduction Bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections are associated with stroke in several ways. First, at least 20% of strokes…
Chapter 24 – Secondary Prevention
Chapter 24 Secondary Prevention Hans-Christoph Diener and Gregory W. Albers Introduction Secondary prevention aims at preventing a stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or a recurrent stroke after a…
Chapter 20 – Image-Guided, Interventional Therapy of Acute Stroke
Chapter 20 Image-Guided, Interventional Therapy of Acute Stroke Pasquale Mordasini , Jan Gralla , and Gerhard Schroth Introduction Successful recanalization increases the chance of favorable outcome 4-fold compared to patients…
Chapter 22 – Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and its Late Complications
Chapter 22 Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and its Late Complications Natan M. Bornstein , Vuk Aleksic , and Milija Mijajlovic General Management of Elevated Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and…
