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In the news: Alzheimer’s vaccine   Writing’s therapeutic power   best bets 1. Find a psychologist 2. Teaming up to treat Alzheimer's 3. APA Office on Aging Advertisements press releases Diagnostic Dilemma: Cognitive Scores Vary As Much Within Test Takers as Between Age Groups, Making One-Session Testing Less Valid (07/01/07) more press releases >> psychology news Caregivers of spouses with dementia enjoy life less August 13, 2008, Medical News Today Avoiding Alzheimer's: Live with someone August 7, 2008, Philadelphia Inquirer Socializing with youth improves elderly's health August 7, 2008, Scientific American Alzheimer's in South Korea July 31, 2008, BBC more psychology news >> Monitor on Psychology President's budget grim for psychology (April 2008) Warding off dementia (March 2008) Finding the right words (February 2008) more monitor news >> books & videos Striped Shirts and Flowered Pants: A Story About Alzheimer's Disease for Young Children Buy this book Animal Research and Human Health: Advancing Human Welfare Through Behavioral Science Health Psychology Through The Life Span: Practice and Research Opportunities more books & videos on alzheimer's >> journals APOE Genotype and Cognitive Functioning in a Large Age-Stratified Population Sample (January 2007) Early Assessment of Dementia: The Contribution of Different Memory Components (September 2005) Failure to Control Prepotent Pathways in Early Stage Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type: Evidence From Dichotic Listening (September 2005) more journals >> internal APA resources Find a psychologist APA Office on Aging Promoting the health of older adults and their caregivers more internal resources >> additional links Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Alzheimer's Resource Room

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