Surviving Dementia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Comfort of Denial

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 1-5

3. Fear: The Catalyst That Breaks Through Denial

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 7-11

4. Anxiety: Easier than Anger

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 13-17

5. Depression: Natural Responses

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 19-23

6. Anger: A Natural Response

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 25-33

7. Bargaining: A Common Way to Delay the Inevitable

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 35-38

8. Somatization: Is It Only Physical?

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 39-42

9. Acting Out Instead of Feeling

   • Carol W. Berman

   Pages 43-46

10. Control and Self-Assuredness: Healthy Coping Mechanisms

    • Carol W. Berman

    Pages 47-56

11. Intellectualization: How Not to Indulge in It

    • Carol W. Berman

    Pages 57-60

12. Humor: The Ultimate Defense

    • Carol W. Berman

    Pages 61-65

13. Acceptance: The Ultimate Release

    • Carol W. Berman

    Pages 67-70

14. Death: Hospice and After

    • Carol W. Berman

    Pages 71-76

15. Resolution: Acceptance

    • Carol W. Berman

    Pages 77-80

16. Back Matter

    Pages 81-82

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This text approaches the care of dementia patients via the experience of a psychiatrist as well as a caregiver, offering a holistic approach to care that is unlike any other book in the market. Laced with her experiences from both her professional and personal life, Huffington Post columnist and psychiatrist Dr. Carol W. Berman aims to educate mental health professionals on topics that they continue to grapple with, including diagnosis and treatment, behavioral challenges among patients, working with non-professional and professional caregivers, hospice care, and many other difficulties professionals face when caring for dementia patients.  With the same easy-to-read yet informative tone Dr. Carol W. Berman is known for among her various clinical and lay resources, professionals find that this tool is an excellent resource for structuring care plans with the non-professional caregiver struggling with care management.
Surviving Dementia: A Clinical and Personal Perspective is an outstanding resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and other physicians interested in models of dementia care.

• Challenges of the elderly patient
• Dementia Care
• Grief management
• Hospice Care
• Working with non-professional caregivers

“Surviving Dementia is clearly a book for caregivers of persons of dementia told from the perspective of a single caregiver in a singular situation. … This book provides a direct, poignant, and somber description of the feelings and thoughts of Carol Berman as she works through the process of identifying a disease, and then caregiving, and eventually coming to terms with dementia and loss of her loving husband of so many years.” (L. Stephen Miller, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (11), March, 2017)

“The author is a psychiatrist whose husband died from dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Her book is a description of her personal experience of losing her husband to this disease, interspersed with patient vignettes. … This book is intended to be of use for patients, physicians, and families of persons with dementia. … This is a unique book. It is written from the perspective of a physician with first-hand knowledge of treating a loved one with dementia.” (Danielle L. Anderson, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2017)

• New York University Medical Center, New York, USA

  Carol W. Berman

Carol W. Berman, M.D. will be the sole author.  I am a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU Medical Center.

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