“This deceptively slim volume, looking more like an atlas than a textbook, is actually a thorough, carefully organized, and well-referenced text on atypical dementias. Unlike most multiauthor medical textbooks, this one is divided into discrete chapters on individual syndromes, with overlap only in the general introductory chapter, a chapter on multidisciplinary evaluation, and a concluding chapter on management of patients with all types of atypical dementias.

I would recommend the book both as useful background reading and as a ready reference when a neurologist, psychiatrist, or internist
encounters a patient with any of the atypical dementias…..Overall, the book is a very useful volume to have on hand when questions arise about a patient with cognitive issues, as well as a book to read from cover to cover.

As I noted at the outset, the book is exceptionally cohesive, with all chapters similarly outlined and topics skillfully organized, thus minimizing repetition. I have also found several of Dr Geschwind’s articles about atypical and rapidly progressive dementing illnesses to be very useful, especially proposing the mnemonic VITAMINS to outline the causes of dementiasto” (Cogn Behav Neurol 29:4 Dec-16)

Dementia is the most common type of neurodegenerative disorder, and presents itself in many different forms. The most-common and well-known type of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD) which accounts for almost 50% of all dementias. However, what happens if a patient isn’t diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but is displaying symptoms of dementia? What form of dementia could the patient have, and how would you diagnose it quickly to delay the aggressive progression of the disease?

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