title: Treatment considerations in dementing illness.
abstract: This issue focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of disorders that cause dementia. It emphasizes that all dementias, whatever their cause, are treatable. It is aimed at primary care physicians because they are likely to be the first physicians to see these complex patients and their caregivers. Each article is briefly introduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Maletta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans