Endorsements

‘Gary Christopher has produced a comprehensive, informative and accessible text to understand dementia and its treatment. He combines research, academic evidence and translates theory into a highly readable book, useful for a variety of disciplinary areas and which makes essential reading for professionals and anyone studying dementia and ageing.’

Judith Phillips, OBE, Deputy Principal (Research) at the University of Stirling, Professor of Gerontology, and Research Director for the Healthy Ageing Challenge delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

‘Although research on the dementias continues to be the poor relation of medical and psychosocial research, it covers a wide range of areas, from the biological to the sociological, and is expanding continually. Gary Christopher has bravely tackled the challenge of providing a primer that covers the breadth of research and treatment and has succeeded in producing a work that is accessible to the non-specialist and personal in its tone. By offering a research-informed context, the book serves as a useful companion to the now widely available accounts written by people living with dementia, who provide an invaluable “insider” view of the condition.’

Bob Woods, Professor Emeritus at Bangor University

‘Comprehensive in its scope and attuned to the impacts of lifespan, culture and evidence-based perspectives, this book will be a valuable resource in the diagnosis and management of depression, perhaps the most pressing mental health condition of our times.’

Zindel Segal, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology in Mood Disorder, University of Toronto Scarborough

‘I would thoroughly recommend this book to other professionals working in dementia care. … I also think there are additional benefits to taking an existential approach. This highlights important clinical implications to help individuals adjust to a diagnosis of dementia and their ability to live as well as possible by strengthening psychological resources such as self esteem and social connectedness.’

Gillian Bowie, FPOP Bulletin, Issue 149, January, 2020

‘This is an encyclopaedic primer on the psychology of ageing, written with a sense of humour and self-irony. The book is a very personal tour de force, a journey through the psychology, medicine and sociology of ageing by a veritable renaissance man, who retains his humility and self-deprecating humour. A must-read for professionals and lay people interested in ageing and how it affects our lives.’

Klaus Ebmeier, Foundation Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK

‘Gary Christopher’s book is an extremely useful overview of the psychology of ageing. With an emphasis on cognitive neuropsychology and memory, and a novel chapter on neurodevelopmental disorders in ageing, this book will provide those studying the cognitive psychology of ageing with a well-written summary of a number of important issues in one convenient place.’

Beverly A. Roberts, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, UK