Mild Cognitive Impairment International Perspectives Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions Series

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. Bringing together research from multiple studies and perspectives from various countries, the volume identifies MCI as an important clinical transition between normal aging and the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

The up-to-date preface highlights the expansion in research, examining the benefits of various pharmacological, cognitive and behavioral approaches to intervention. Influenced by recent findings in neuroplasticity across the lifespan, the book recognizes the importance of intervention at the earliest stages of the decline trajectory. It revisits the contested diagnostic approaches for MCI as well as the varying prevalence of MCI internationally, yet points to the need for further longitudinal studies to fully understand the condition.

Mild Cognitive Impairment continues to provide a comprehensive resource for clinicians, researchers and students involved in the study, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of people with MCI.

About the editors

List of contributors

From the series editor

Introduction to the Classic Edition

Part I

Introduction

1. An overview of mild cognitive impairment

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

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.