Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia
A Practical Guide for Clinicians
- 4th Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Andrew E. Budson, Paul R. Solomon
- Language: English
An essential, practical guide for neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, and others who work with the elderly, Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia: A Practical Gu… Read more
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Description
Description
An essential, practical guide for neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, and others who work with the elderly, Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, 4th Edition, provides up-to-date information on detection, diagnosis, and treatment—including recent, significant medical advancements, drug therapies, and research. Drs. Andrew E. Budson and Paul R. Solomon focus on the day-to-day tools clinicians need, thoroughly covering the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations plus laboratory and imaging studies for dementia and related illnesses. This fully revised edition is particularly timely in a field that is experiencing tremendous progress and change in numerous areas, and contains authoritative, real-world guidance to help you make accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions with confidence.
Key features
Key features
- Contains fully updated content from cover to cover, with a new chapter on Amyloid-Targeting Therapies, information on newly FDA-approved drugs for treatment (donanemab, benzgalantamine, and lecanemab) as well as discontinued drugs that must be phased out, and newly revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer's disease
- Covers recent advances in the understanding of blood, plasma, and imaging biomarkers for the diagnosis of AD and related disorders; advances in understanding genetic causes; new developments in lifestyle interventions and technology, such as wearable devices; and recent progress in blood testing for accurate diagnosis
- Provides comprehensive coverage of hot topics such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), primary age-related tauopathy (PART), and limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE)
- Incorporates real-world case studies that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions
- Reflects current National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5-TR criteria for Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and related disorders
- Provides access to dozens of videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features
- Features Quick Start boxes at the top of every chapter to inform your clinical approach, as well as diagrams, charts, patient brain imaging studies, pathology images, and anatomical illustrations to visually support the text
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish after the publication date
Readership
Readership
Neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians
Table of contents
Table of contents
SECTION I WHY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT MEMORY LOSS, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, AND DEMENTIA?
Chapter 1 Evaluating the Patient With Memory Loss or Dementia
Chapter 2 Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia
SECTION II DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS AND DEMENTIA
Chapter 3 Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 4 Primary Age-Related Tauopathy (PART)
Chapter 5 Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy
Chapter 6 Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Chapter 7 Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Chapter 8 Primary Progressive Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech
Chapter 9 Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Chapter 10 Posterior Cortical Atrophy
Chapter 11 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Chapter 12 Corticobasal Degeneration and Corticobasal Syndrome
Chapter 13 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Chapter 14 Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Chapter 15 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Chapter 16 Other Disorders That Cause Memory Loss or Dementia
SECTION III TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, AND DEMENTIA
Chapter 17 Goals for the Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Chapter 18 Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Chapter 19 Memantine
Chapter 20 Amyloid-Targeting Therapies
Chapter 21 Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Antiinflammatories
Chapter 22 Nonpharmacological Treatment and Prevention of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
SECTION IV BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA
Chapter 23 Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Chapter 24 Caring for and Educating the Caregiver
Chapter 25 Nonpharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Chapter 26 Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
SECTION V ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AROUND MEMORY LOSS, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, AND DEMENTIA
Chapter 27 Life Adjustments for Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Chapter 28 Legal and Financial Issues in Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Chapter 29 Special Issues in Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Appendix A: Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data for Evaluating Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Appendix B: Screening for Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Appendix C: Memory Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Causes of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Chapter 1 Evaluating the Patient With Memory Loss or Dementia
Chapter 2 Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia
SECTION II DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEMORY LOSS AND DEMENTIA
Chapter 3 Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 4 Primary Age-Related Tauopathy (PART)
Chapter 5 Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy
Chapter 6 Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Chapter 7 Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Chapter 8 Primary Progressive Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech
Chapter 9 Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Chapter 10 Posterior Cortical Atrophy
Chapter 11 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Chapter 12 Corticobasal Degeneration and Corticobasal Syndrome
Chapter 13 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Chapter 14 Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Chapter 15 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Chapter 16 Other Disorders That Cause Memory Loss or Dementia
SECTION III TREATMENT OF MEMORY LOSS, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, AND DEMENTIA
Chapter 17 Goals for the Treatment of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Chapter 18 Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Chapter 19 Memantine
Chapter 20 Amyloid-Targeting Therapies
Chapter 21 Vitamins, Herbs, Supplements, and Antiinflammatories
Chapter 22 Nonpharmacological Treatment and Prevention of Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
SECTION IV BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA
Chapter 23 Evaluating the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Chapter 24 Caring for and Educating the Caregiver
Chapter 25 Nonpharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Chapter 26 Pharmacological Treatment of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
SECTION V ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AROUND MEMORY LOSS, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, AND DEMENTIA
Chapter 27 Life Adjustments for Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Chapter 28 Legal and Financial Issues in Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Chapter 29 Special Issues in Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Appendix A: Cognitive Test and Questionnaire Forms, Instructions, and Normative Data for Evaluating Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Appendix B: Screening for Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia
Appendix C: Memory Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Causes of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Review quotes
Review quotes
Review of the previous edition:
"This book is a unique contribution to the review and treatment of memory loss and associated diseases. It is easy to read and clearly written, ready to be read by those with various levels of training, while providing important information guiding clinical care of patients with memory loss and various dementias. It is a practical guide for approaching this topic in the clinical setting, with updated information and peer-reviewed publications guiding the content. An updated edition was needed as information in this area is constantly evolving." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Michelle Braslavsky, DO (Thomas Jefferson University) Doody's Score: 96 - 4 Stars!
"This book is a unique contribution to the review and treatment of memory loss and associated diseases. It is easy to read and clearly written, ready to be read by those with various levels of training, while providing important information guiding clinical care of patients with memory loss and various dementias. It is a practical guide for approaching this topic in the clinical setting, with updated information and peer-reviewed publications guiding the content. An updated edition was needed as information in this area is constantly evolving." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Michelle Braslavsky, DO (Thomas Jefferson University) Doody's Score: 96 - 4 Stars!
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: January 1, 2027
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
Andrew E. Budson
Author
Andrew E. Budson, M.D. is Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, Associate Chief of Staff for Education, and Director of the Center for Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Associate Director for Research at the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, and Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Medical Director of the Boston Center for Memory, located in Newton, Massachusetts. His training included graduating cum laude from Harvard Medical School, being chief resident of the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Residency Program, pursuing a fellowship in dementia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and studying memory as a post-doctoral fellow in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University. Dr. Budson has had government research funding since 1998, receiving a National Research Service Award and a Career Development Award in addition to a Research Project (R01) grant. He has given over 425 local, national, and international grand rounds and other academic talks. He has published over 100 papers, reviews, and book chapters and is a reviewer for more than 40 journals. He has co-authored or edited five books, including Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, the second edition of which has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese. He was awarded the Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology in 2008 and the Research Award in Geriatric Neurology in 2009, both from the American Academy of Neurology. His current research uses the techniques of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to understand memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In his memory disorders clinic at the VA Boston Healthcare System he treats patients while teaching fellows, residents, and medical students. He also sees patients in Newton at the Boston Center for Memory
Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology and Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare SystemProfessor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Newton, MA, USAPaul R. Solomon
Author
Dr. Paul Solomon is a founder and the Director of the Boston Center for Memory in Newton, MA. He specializes in Clinical Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience. Dr. Solomon is also an Investigator of the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Solomon has received numerous awards including a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Massachusetts, a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health, and a National Needs Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, and two clinical research awards from the American Association of Family Physicians. He has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, American Men and Women of Science, Who’s Who in Education, and Who’s Who in Frontier Science and Technology.
Dr. Solomon has served on the Editorial Board of several journals and serves as an external reviewer for numerous journals and granting agencies. He has served on the advisory boards of the Northeastern New York Alzheimer's Association and the MA/NH Chapter Alzheimer's Association. He has delivered more than 500 lectures nationally and internationally widely at colleges and universities on age-related memory disorders and at medical centers and hospitals on the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Psychology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, Newton, MA, USA