• 20th Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference Now Online

  October 27, 2012 No comments
  

  Dr. Frank LaFerla, Director of UCI MIND, facilitates “Ask the Doc” panel of expert speakers who address audience questions about the behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

  The 20th Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference, held on World Alzheimer’s Day, September 21, 2012, is now available for viewing online.  Addressing the topic, Beyond Memory: The Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia, the conference featured internationally known researchers and expert clinicians who discussed non-cognitive symptoms – ranging from apathy and depression to hallucinations and agitation – and their treatment in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.  Led by UCI MIND with the support of the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County and Alzheimer’s Family Services Center, this year’s conference brought together 560 caregivers, health care professionals, aging service providers, and community members at large.

  To view the conference as a whole, or individual sessions, click here.

  Following a welcome from Dr. Frank LaFerla, Director of UCI MIND; Jim McAleer, Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County, and Alan Zamosky, Ph.D., Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Family Services Center, speakers addressed the following topics:

  Unrecognized Medical Illness: An Important Contributor to Problematic Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia
  Daniel Sewell, M.D., UC San Diego

  Effectiveness of Psychotropic Medications to Treat Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease
  Lon Schneider, M.D., University of Southern California

  Sleep Disruption in Alzheimer’s Disease
  Aimee Pierce, M.D., UC Irvine

  Treatment for the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia
  Adam Boxer, M.D., UC San Francisco

  Social Behavior and Emotion in Frontotemporal Dementia
  Mario Mendez, M.D., Ph.D., UC Los Angeles

  Language Impairments in Dementia: A Contributor to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
  Maria L. Gorno-Tempini, M.D., Ph.D., UC San Franciso

  Early Neuropsychiatric Symptoms: Insights from Diagnosed Individuals and their Care Partners
  Cordula Dick-Muehlke, Ph.D. UC Irvine

  Behavioral Disturbances and Partnerships for Problem-Solving
  Laura Mosqueda, M.D., UC Irvine

  Caregiver Stress Management in Alzheimer’s Disease
  Richard Schulz, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

  Ask the Doc: An Interactive Discussion
  Frank LaFerla, Ph.D., UC Irvine – Moderator
  Adam Boxer, M.D., UC San Francisco
  Maria L. Gorno-Tempini, M.D., Ph.D., UC San Francisco
  Mario Mendez, M.D., Ph.D., UC Los Angeles
  Laura Mosqueda, M.D., UC Irvine
  Aimee Pierce, M.D., UC Irvine
  Lon Schneider, M.D., University of Southern California
  Richard Schulz, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
  Daniel Sewell, M.D., UC San Diego

  
  

  Posted by Cordula in Highlights

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