Senile dementia is one of the major health problems confronting mankind in this century. To some extent the problem has, of course, always existed. The condition was sufficiently troubling to classical philosophers and jurists to have apparently provoked comments by Solon in approximately 500 B. C. and Plato in the fourth century B. C. (Plutarch 1967 translation; Plato 1921 translation). Medical recognition can be traced at least as far back as the second century A. D. (Adams 1861). However, several factors have converged in this century to extend the absolute dimensions of the problem of senile dementia and to increase societal, medical, and scientific recogni tion of the magnitude of the condition. Perhaps the most important factor relating to the present importance of senile dementia is demographic. Although the human population has been increasing since the mid-eighteenth century, it has only been since the advent of the twentieth century that a decrease in mortality has been noted for those over the age of 45 (McKeown 1976). Consequently, the absolute number of aged persons and the proportion of increasingly aged persons in the populations of the world's industrial nations have been steadily increasing. For example, in the United States, 4% ofthe population was over the age of 65 in 1900. In the 1970 census, this proportion had grown to 10%.

The Future of Psychogeriatrics

Future of Psychogeriatrics: A Multidisciplinary Approach with Applications for Clinical Practice
An Overview: Current Knowledge and Needs
What is New and what is Necessary in Dementia Research?
Epidemiology of Dementia
Epidemiological Study on Age-Associated Dementia in Japan
Risk Factors for Dementia: A Review of Hypotheses and Current Epidemiological Evidence
Neuropathologic and Neurochemical Aspects of Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease - Histopathological, Neurochemical, and Molecular Biological Aspects
Neurochemistry of Dementia: Clinical Pathological Relationships
Differential Diagnosis of Dementia
Depression Versus Dementia: Further Evidence from the Liverpool Outcome Studies
Age-Associated Memory Impairment, Benign Forgetfulness and Dementia
Current Problems in the Clinical Diagnosis of Vascular Dementia
Affective Disorders in Elderly and Dementing Patients
Psychological Assessment of Aging and Dementia
Psychological and Cognitive Factors in Psychogeriatric Memory Assessment
Essentials of Psychological Assessment of the Mentally Ill Elderly: Mild Cognitive Impairment and the Issue of Plasticity
Psychological Methods for the Assessment of Performance and Emotionality in Elderly Patients
The SKT - A Short Cognitive Performance Test as an Instrument for the Assessment of Clinical Efficacy of Cognition Enhancers
Basic Clinical and Diagnostic Characteristics of Senile Dementia
Early Diagnosis of Dementias
Symptomatic Changes in CNS Aging and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type: Cross-Sectional, Temporal, and Remediable Concomitants
Diagnosis and Treatment of Senile Dementia: Early Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
Stretegies for Treating Alzheimer's Disease and Age-Associated MemoryImpairment
The Use of Positron Emission Tomography in the Early Diagnosis of Senile Dementia
An Approach to the Treatment of Senile Dementia: Calcium Channel Modulation
Pharmacology
Molecular Pharacology of Calcium Channel Modulation
Calcium Homeostasis in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Nimodipine and Neural Plasticity
Old Rats as an Animal Model for Senile Dementia: Behavioural Effects of Nimodipine
Transfer of Nimodipine and Another Calcium Antagonist Accross the Blood-Brain Barrier and Their Regional Distribution in Vivo
Tissue and Cellular Protective Effects of Nimodipine
Clinical Results with Nimodipine
Therapeutic Efficacy of Nootropic Drugs - A Discussion of Clinical Phase III Studies with Nimodipine as a Model
Therapeutic Results with Nimodipine in Primary Degenerative Dementia and Multi-Infarct Dementia
Nimodipine Treatment Improves Cognitive Functions in Vascular Dementia
Nimodipine in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Nimodipine for Psychogeriatric Use: Methods, Strategies, and Considerations Based on Experience with Clinical Trials
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