Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive disorders and dementia in clinical practice.

The book presents modern views on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of cognitive disorders. Approaches to early diagnosis of cognitive disorders, clinical assessment of predementia disorders, differential diagnosis of various nosological forms of dementia, identification of cognitive disorders in various neurological and somatic disorders, primary prevention of cognitive disorders, optimal use of modern antidementia agents, rational correction of affective and behavioral disorders, and other directions of symptomatic therapy in patients with dementia are detailed. Neuropsychological tests are presented to help identify cognitive disorders in routine clinical practice.