Treatment and Care in Old Age Psychiatry Book

	Contributors
	Preface
	Alzheimer's Disease
1	Nerve Growth Factor and Other Experimental Approaches	3
2	Baseline Changes in Cognitive Performance with Age	11
3	Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials	31
4	Is there Life in the Neurotransmitter Approach to the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease?	39
5	Treatment of Non-Cognitive Features of Dementia	47
6	Alternatives to Long-Stay Care	59
	Age-Associated Memory Impairment and Benign Senescent Forgetfulness
7	Age-Associated Memory Impairment: Real Entity or Statistical Artefact?	77
8	Diagnosis and Treatment of Memory Loss in Older Patients Who Are Not Demented	95
9	Ability of the 5HT[subscript 3] Receptor Antagonists to Improve Memory Impairments	113
10	How Benign is Benign Senescent Forgetfulness?	135
11	Can We Train the Brain?	139
	Depression
12	Measuring Change in Elderly Depressives	151
13	New Antidepressants in Elderly Patients	157
14	ECT in the Elderly	169
15	Cognitive Therapy with the Elderly Depressed: A Rational and Efficacious Approach?	183
16	Sleep Disorders in the Elderly	191
	Old Age Psychiatry and the Law
17	Consent in Dementia: Is It Valid and Informed?	203
18	The Mental Health Act and Dementia	215
19	Power of Attorney and Court of Protection (Handling the Affairs of the Elderly)	223
	Index	235