Early-Onset Dementia: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Abstract

Reviews Hodges' book, which is a comprehensive review of dementing illnesses, including epidemiology, clinical syndromes, laboratory testing, neuropathology, pathophysiology, molecular biochemistry, and treatment. The reviewer asserts that the most admirable features of the book include its comprehensive coverage of the dementias, the quality of the authors and the literature reviews, and the helpful summaries of key points at the end of each chapter; however, one problem with the book is is the repetition of topics from one chapter to another. He suggests that the book serves as a useful reference book on all of the separate disorders, not restricted to early-onset cases, though it would not be his first choice as a book to read from cover to cover on the topic. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)