This three-volume set provides a detailed review of neuropsychiatric approaches to both onset and treatment of the major dementias. The books are written at a level that is detailed yet accessible to professionals, general readers, and students. Contributors are experts in brain science and psychiatry. Their mechanistic accounts of dementia onset take into account the neuropsychiatric sequelae of dementia. They review the latest treatments and touch on issues of caregivers. Volume 1 treats the history and incidence of dementia, focusing on epidemiologic, descriptive, historical, and diagnostic innovations in dementia. Volume 2 explains the science and biology of dementia, concentrating on biobehavioral mechanisms. Topics covered include the genetics of Alzheimer's disease, biochemical components of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, mechanism related to neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease, dementia and cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease, and the roles of depression, vascular cognitive impairment, and sleep disorders in dementia. Volume 3 examines treatments and developments, with material on nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions for behavioral and psychological symptoms, light therapy, neuropsychiatric treatments in Alzheimer's disease, and religious coping strategies in healthy elderly and those at risk for dementia. The set is part of a series that demonstrates how the application of evolutionary modes of analysis can lead to new insights on the causes of breakdowns in brain and behavior relationships. McNamara teaches neurology and psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and directs the university's Evolutionary Neurobehavioral Laboratory. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less