Book Review

IS IT ALZHEIMER'S? by Roger Granet, MD, and Eileen Fallon; Avon Books Dealing with difficult outbursts, finding a loved one wandering in the middle of the night - these situations can be difficult for anyone. Is It Alzheimer's? answers the questions you might ask if a relative was beginning to show such symptoms. Roger Granet, MD, a 1974 NJMS alumnus and practicing psychiatrist, teams up with Eileen Fallon, whose mother developed Alzheimer's. The clinical advice and explanations offered in the book, coupled with personal experiences, create a balanced perspective. Anyone dealing with a possible case of Alzheimer's in the family will benefit from the book, which also discusses diseases with similar symptoms of dementia. Each of the nine chapters tackles a different subject, including how to spot the symptoms of Alzheimer's and various treatment options. Not only is the book a good resource for finding the right care for a loved one, it also discusses in detail various personality types and ways to deal with resistance to treatment. Many Alzheimer's patients develop irritability or increasing agitation. Patients may also regress and demonstrate childlike behavior. These personality changes can make it even more difficult to handle a loved one"s illness. Is It Alzheimer's? provides a helpful look at the disease and various ways of coping. Granet, who is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College, an attending physician at New York Hospital, and a consultant in psychiatry at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, also maintains a practice in Morristown. He has published two books of poetry and is co-author of several other mental health books, including If You Think You Have Depression, and If You Think You Have Panic Disorder. This summer, he published Why Am I Up, Why Am I Down?: Understanding Bipolar Disorder.

NJMS
New Jersey Medical School

Publications:
"Developing a Research Program in a Community Teaching Hospital," co-authored by George Heinrich, MD, adjunct assistant professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, and assistant dean, Admissions, was in Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1999.

"Evidence-Based Medicine in Psychiatry: The Experience of One Department’s Faculty and Trainees," by Joel DeLisa, MD, professor and chair, Sudesh Sheela Jain, MD, associate professor, Steven Kirshblum, MD, assistant professor, and Christopher Christodoulou, PhD, clinical research scientist, all in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 78, No. 3, May/June 1999.

"Global Impressions Versus Validated Measures of Treatment Effectiveness in Patients with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain," by Nancy Just, PhD, assistant professor, Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, and director, Psychological Services, Pain Management Center, Donald Ciccone, PhD, assistant professor, Psychiatry, Erin Bandilla, MA, research teaching specialist, Anesthesiology and Wen-hsein Wu, MD, professor, Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, and director, Pain Management Center, was in Rehabilitation Psychology, Vol. 44, No. 2, 1999.

"Neuropsychological Functioning in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Comparison," co-authored by Lana Tiersky, PhD, assistant professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Benjamin Natelson, MD, professor, Neurosciences, and John DeLuca, PhD, associate professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1998.

"Optimizing Outcome in the Injured Worker with Low Back Pain," by Scott Nadler, DO, Todd Stitik, MD, and Gerard Malanga, MD, assistant professors, all in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Critical Reviews in Physical Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 11, 1999.

"The Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Digital Nerve Lesions," by Todd Stitik, MD, Scott Nadler, DO, and Patrick Foye, MD, assistant professors, all in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was in Disability, Vol. 8, 1999.

Grants:
Amjad Ilyas, PhD, associate professor, Neurosciences, received a four-year, $706,000 grant from NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study "Immune Responses in Patients with Guillain-BarrZ Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy."

Samuel Joseph Leibovich, PhD, professor, Anatomy, Cell Biology and Injury Science, received a four-year, $1,158,389 grant from NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study "Regulation of Macrophage-Dependent Angiogenic Activity."

Andrew Pachner, MD, professor and acting chair, Neurosciences, received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study "Non- Human Primate Animal Models for Research on Chronic Lyme Disease."