Primary Progressive Aphasia and Other Frontotemporal Dementias: Diagnosis and Treatment of Associated Communication Disorders

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 healthcare professionals 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). Primary Progressive Aphasia and Other Frontotemporal Dementias is targeted toward practicing clinicians, graduate students, and clinical researchers who are interested in the latest conceptualization of FTD spectrum disorders. The intent is that this book provides clinical pearls to assist in diagnostic assessments and treatment planning. The book also comes with a PluralPlus companion website containing full color images from the text and supplementary videos.

Table of Contents:
Series Introduction by Kristie A. Spencer and Jacqueline Daniels Foreword by Joseph R. Duffy Preface Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction Julie A. G. Stierwalt Chapter 2. The Logopenic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia Kindle Rising and Pelagie M. Beeson Chapter 3. Semantic Dementia Hsinhuei Sheen Chiou and Alissa H. Allison Chapter 4. Nonfluent/Agrammatic Primary Progressive Aphasia Kristin M. Schaffer and Maya L. Henry Chapter 5. Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech Hugo Botha and Rene L. Utianski Chapter 6. Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Megan Quimby, Katie Brandt, and Bradford C. Dickerson Chapter 7. Frontotemporal Dementia in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Julie S. Snowden, Jennifer A. Saxon, and Jacqueline Kindell Appendix. Community and Clinical Research Resources Index

About the Author :
Rene L. Utianski, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Senior Associate Consultant in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Speech Pathology in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Her clinical responsibilities include differential diagnosis of acquired and degenerative speech and language disorders. Her research focus is to define the distinguishing clinical, acoustical, imaging, and electrophysiological characteristics of these neurological disorders, refine their differential diagnoses, and inform subsequent treatment. She completed her BA in Speech and Hearing Science and Psychology at The George Washington University and MS and PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Arizona State University. She completed a research post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic-Arizona, studying electrophysiological correlates of dementia in patients with Parkinson’s disease and a clinical post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic-Minnesota, refining skills in differential diagnosis of acquired and degenerative speech and language disorders.