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In Preventing Alzheimer's, Drs. William Rodman Shankle and Daniel Amen introduce the concept of Prevention Through Delay to battle the devastation that Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) can wreak on individuals and their families. By revealing how to obtain an early diagnosis and discover effective treatment, Shankle and Amen demonstrate how to delay or prevent the ravaging effects of Alzheimer's for as long as possible. Book jacket.

William Rodman Shankle, M.S., M.D., a neurologist with expertise in dementia, established the University of California, Irvine, Alzheimer's Disease Clinic in 1988 and served as its medical director for ten years.

Daniel G. Amen, M.D., is a clinical neuroscientist, a psychiatrist, and the director of clinics in California, Washington state, and Virginia. In addition to operating a private practice, he is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine. He is the author of Healing ADD, Healing Anxiety and Depression, and Change Your Brain, Change Your Life.

Foreword

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1. The Power of "Prevention Through Delay"

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2. The Healthy Brain

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3. Seven Ways to Lose Your Mind: How Memory Loss Starts

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4. Know Your Risk: The Shankle-Amen Early Dementia Detection Questionnaire

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5. Reduce Your Risk

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6. Steps to Prevention

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7. Finding the Right Diagnosis

162

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8. Treatment for Mild Memory Loss and Early Alzheimer's and Related Disorders

179

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9. Treatments for the Future

206

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10. For Caregivers and Their Families: Resources

226

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Appendix A: PreventAD.com

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Appendix B: How to Find the Help You Need

239

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Appendix C: Frequently Asked Questions About Brain SPECT Imaging

243

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References

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Glossary

257

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Resources

265

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Product Sources

269

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Acknowledgments

271

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Index

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About the Authors

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Preventing Alzheimer's : Ways to Help Prevent, Delay, Detect and Even Halt Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Memory Loss

Preventing Alzheimer's : Ways to Help Prevent, Delay, Detect and Even Halt Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Memory Loss

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