Aging, health, and healing Book

	Contributors
	Introduction: Challenges in a Changing World - Psychogeriatrics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
1	Psychogeriatrics in Asia	3
2	Recent Trends in Epidemiological Findings on Dementia in Japan	16
3	The Prevalence of Dementia in the Oldest Old Residing in a Somatic Nursing Home	30
4	Mild Dementia: Findings from a Longitudinal Community Study	39
5	Vascular Factors and Dementia in 85-Year-Olds	49
6	Morbidity and Mortality from Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Among the Elderly	56
7	Heterogeneity of Impairment in Dementia: Data from the Study of Dementia in Swedish Twins	74
8	The Matter of White Matter	83
9	Cytoskeletal Pathology in Alzheimer's Brain: An Animal Model of Phosphorylation	98
10	Adenylyl Cyclase Signal Transduction in the Alzheimer's Disease Brain	110
11	Morphometry of Subcortical Gray Matter and Brainstem in Alzheimer's Disease	117
12	Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease Produced by Entorhinal Cortex Lesion	128
13	Positron Emission Tomography in Dementing Illness	136
14	Electrophysiological Assessment of Young, Middle-Age, and Elderly Adults	153
15	Process Dissociations in Cognitive Aging	171
16	The Canberra Interview for the Elderly: A Standardized Diagnostic Interview for Dementia and Depression by DSM-III-R and ICD-10	187
17	Pilot Study on the Italian Short Form of CAMDEX	197
18	Discontinuity of Dementia and Age-Related Cognitive Decline	204
19	Results of Psychological Basic Research for Measures of Intervention	215
20	Maintenance Therapies in Late-Life Depression: Preliminary Outcome Data	229
21	Issues in Psychotropic Drug Development for the Elderly	235
22	A Strategy to Encourage Reflective Practice: Psychogeriatric Nurses' Experience of Clinical Group Supervision	243
23	Quality of Life Considerations in Therapeutic Decision Making: Antihypertensive Therapy as a Model	257
24	The Berlin Aging Study: Its Multidisciplinary Potential	267
25	Maintaining and Supporting Independent Living in Old Age: The SIMA Project
26	Problems Concerning ADL Assessments for the Evaluation of Therapeutic Effects of Neuropsychopharmacological Agents	349
27	Assessing Behavioral Changes in Antidementia Therapy: Perspectives of an International ADL Project	359
28	Qualitative Analysis for Detecting Impairments in Everyday Activities of the Elderly with Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairments	375
29	Behavioral Areas of Change Under Medical Treatment	385
30	Prevalence of Depression in the Elderly: A Curvilinear Story	399
31	Differential Diagnosis of Depressive Disorders in a Cross-Sectional Field Study of the Elderly	407
32	The Impact of Somatic Morbidity on the Hamilton Depression Scale in the Very Old	420
33	Are There Specific Physical Health Characteristics in Depression Versus Dementia in Old Age?	427
34	Ontogeny of Depression in Alzheimer's Disease	441
35	A Social Function Measure in the Staging and Study of Dementia	459
36	Socioeconomic Resources, Life Course, and Dementia in Old Age	475
37	Use of Formal Services by Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients: The Role of Normative Beliefs and Perceived Need	486
38	Depression and Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease: Effects on Caregivers	501
39	The Double Standard: Comparison of Ethical Problems and Standards in Research and Practice With Demented Patients	511
40	Ethics of Research with Demented Patients	522
41	New Ways in Geriatrics	545
42	Three Levels of Geriatric Rehabilitation: Regional, Family, and Individual	560
43	Psychological and Physiological Indices in Biological Age in Subjects Exposed to the Chernobyl APS Accident and Those Working in Radiation-Contaminated Zones	571
44	Possibilities and Limits of Living Independently in Old Age: Support by Social Services for People Needing Care	577
45	Health Care Utilization Patterns in Late-Life Schizophrenia: Case Histories	585
46	Geriatrics and Psychogeriatrics in Great Britain: The First Four Hundred Years	593
	Conclusion	603
	Index	607