Utianski R.L. Primary Progressive Aphasia and Other Frontotemporal Dementias: Diagnosis and Treatment of Associated Communication Disorders

Plural Publishing, Inc., 2020. — 205 p. — (Medical speech-language pathology Series). — ISBN: 9781635501605.Primary Progressive Aphasia and Other Frontotemporal Dementias: Diagnosis and Treatment of Associated Communication Disorders is the second volume in the "Medical Speech-Language Pathology" book series. It is intended to fill an unmet need to assist clinicians, students, and related healthcareprofessionals in the diagnosis and treatment of the title disorders.
There is a growing population of individuals diagnosed with various forms of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), and this number is likely to increase as medical practitioners and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) become more expert at identifying these conditions. More clinicians will be seeing, and treating, patients with a diagnosis of FTD or PPA. Toward that end, the goal of this book is to expand this clinical knowledge base and support the development of skills in diagnosis, but also in clinical management.
Within each chapter is a concise presentation of available evidence-based practice and research findings, with a focus on sharing information that is clinically applicable and digestible for non-researchers. Each chapter provides a comprehensive outline of testing that will assist in the diagnosis of the cognitive-communication disorders associated with FTD, PPAs, and primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS).The Logopenic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia
Semantic Dementia
Nonfluent/Agrammatic Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech
Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal Dementia in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis