Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias or Quick Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook

Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry Series)

Author: Marc E Agronin

Now in its Second Edition, this practical guide focuses on assessment, diagnosis, and management of the complex array of dementia disorders seen in older patients. Using the conversational style and clinical vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry titles, Dr. Agronin addresses all the subtypes of dementia and associated psychiatric conditions such as agitation, psychosis, and depression. This edition features a new chapter on mild cognitive impairment and expanded coverage of Alzheimer disease and risk factors. Chapters offer advice on caregiver support and legal and ethical concerns. Handy pocket-card appendices include tests used in the dementia workup and treatment guides for agitation, psychosis, and depression. The Practical Guides in Psychiatry series provides quick, concise information for professionals on the front lines of mental health care. Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, these invaluable resources take you through each step of the psychiatric care process, delivering fast facts and helpful strategies that help you provide effective and compassionate care to your patients.

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Reviewer:Michael J. Schrift, DO, MA(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description:This is the second edition of this excellent concise guide to the assessment and management of patients suffering from dementia. Edited and written by a clinician-educator in the field, this book remains an excellent resource for geriatric psychiatrists.
Purpose:It is intended to provide the practicing clinician "a practical guide that can be brought into the clinic when one is evaluating and treating patients." The author produces a very useful and concise update.
Audience:The targeted audience includes geriatric psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists, cognitive neurologists, geriatricians, trainees in geriatric psychiatry, and primary care physicians.
Features:The book covers dementia assessment, dementia subtypes, psychiatric complications of dementia and their treatments, and caregiver and legal/ethical issues. The appendixes contain guides and scales for the dementia evaluation, assessment and treatment of psychiatric complications, and OBRA guidelines.
Assessment:This concise and useful resource for the diagnosis and management of patients with dementia will keep the busy clinician up to date in this rapidly advancing field.

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Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook

Author: Eileen Keavy Smith

Ayurveda is an ancient Indian system of health and healing based on the principle that each human being is unique, and has a distinct individual constitution, genetic inheritance and predisposition to certain ailments.

The Quick & Easy Ayurvedic Cookbook allows you to easily implement Ayurvedic principles in your cooking and improve your health without devoting long hours of study to the subject or breaking your budget. Learn how to cure insomnia and indigestion, and even mood swings, just by making food choices based on your Ayurvedic constitution. The recipes include familiar favorites-such as baked apples, chicken burgers, and potato salad-making it a practical addition to your kitchen and home.

Table of Contents:

Preface     viii
Introduction to Ayurveda     2
The Three Pillars of Life     4
The Individual Constitution     6
Balance and Imbalance     12
Ayurveda and Food     15
Recipes and Guidelines for Balancing the Doshas     24
Introduction to the Recipes     25
Basic Ingredients     27
Missing Ingredients     32
Balancing Vata     34
Guidelines for Food Preparation     40
Vata Recipes     44
Other Ideas for Vata-Balancing Foods     70
Balancing Pitta     72
Guidelines for Food Preparation     78
Pitta Recipes     82
Other Ideas for Pitta-Balancing Foods     108
Balancing Kapha     110
Guidelines for Food Preparation     116
Kapha Recipes     120
Other Ideas for Kapha-Balancing Foods     144
Dining Out     146
Resources     147
Books about Ayurveda     147
Ayurvedic Cookbooks     148
Ayurvedic Organizations     149
Recipe Index     150