Uniformed Services University

Delerium

2. Complete the Delirium module on this website

Dementia

1. Reading

• Required Readings:
  • 1. In the clinic. Dementia.
    Blass DM and Rabins PV. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Apr 1;148(7):ITC4-1-ITC4-16.
  
  
• Recommended Readings:
  • 2. Current Pharmacologic Treatment of Dementia: a Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
    Qaseem A, Snow V, Cross JT, Jr, et al for the American College of Physicians/American Academy of Family Physicians Panel on Dementia. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Mar 4; 148(5): 370-8.
  • 3. Recognition and initial assessment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
    Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Publication 97-0702. Recognition and initial assessment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC; 1996.
  
  

2. Complete the Dementia module on this website

*Completing the module will require internet access. It is part of the KU Website. If the link does not work, try the KU main topics page instead.

Depression

1. Reading
*All readings are pdf files and will require Adobe Acrobat to open.

• Required Readings:
  • 1. Depression in Later Life: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
    Birrer RB, Vemuri SP. Depression in Later Life: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. American Family Physician. 2004; 69: 2375-82.