The Classic Edition of this foundational text includes a new preface from Holly A. Tuokko, examining how the field of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) has developed since first publication.
Holly A. Tuokko was a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health at the University of Victoria. She was awarded Senior Investigator status through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Aging (2002-2007), for her program of research on mental health and aging.
David F. Hultsch was a Professor of Psychology at the University of Victoria from 1984 onward, with a major research focus on cognition and aging. He was a founder of the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, serving as co-editor for 10 years.
About the editors
List of contributors
From the series editor
Introduction to the Classic Edition
Part I
Introduction
HOLLY A. TUOKKO AND IAN MCDOWELL
Part II
General Population Research on MCI
2 The PAQUID study
COLETTE FABRIGOULE, PASCALE BARBERGER-GATEAU, AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS DARTIGUES
3 Cognitive impairment in elderly persons without dementia: Findings from the Kungsholmen Project
KATIE PALMER, LARS BACKMAN, BRENT J. SMALL, AND LAURA FRATIGLIONI
4 Population levels of mild cognitive impairment in England and Wales
JANE FLEMING, FIONA E. MATTHEWS, MARK CHATFIELD, AND CAROL BRAYNE
5 The Melbourne Aging Study
ALEXANDER COLLIE, PAUL MARUFF, DAVID G. DARBY, COLIN MASTERS, AND JON CURRIE
Part III
Specific Samples
6 Mild cognitive impairment in the Religious Orders Study
ROBERT S. WILSON, NEELUM T. AGGARWAL, AND DAVID A. BENNETT
7 A perspective from the Mayo Clinic
GLENN SMITH, MARY MACHULDA, AND KEJAL KANTARCI
8 Prediction of probable Alzheimer's disease: The Sunnybrook Memory Study
MARY C. TIERNEY
9 Studies in the Leipzig Memory Clinic: Contribution to the concept of mild cognitive impairment
HENRIKE WOLF AND HERMANN-JOSEF GERTZ
Part IV
Interventions
10 Emerging pharmacological therapies for mild cognitive impairment
HOWARD CHERTKOW
11 Cognition-based therapies and mild cognitive impairment
ROBERT T. WOODS AND LINDA CLARE
12 Combined therapies in mild cognitive impairment
KEVIN PETERS AND GORDON WINOCUR
Part V
Summary and Future Directions
13 The future of mild cognitive impairment
HOLLY A. TUOKKO AND DAVID F. HULTSCH
Author index
Subject index