EARNING CEUS The name of the author is the first to go, followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel. These opening lines of "Forgetfulness"(Collins, 1999), a poem by US Poet Laureate Billy Collins, may elicit a...

Alzheimer's disease, the leading form of dementia, is expected to increase exponentially in the next 50 years. An overview of types of dementia and the typical presentation of AD are described. In addition, rationale for early assessment and methods for diagnosing the disorder are...

The first of the seven films [Coppola] has directed, Dementia 13, is not a horror-film classic nor an embarrassment. It has some thoroughly effective sequences, and it has some bland or belabored scenes. Basically, the photography is adequate; the acting, pedestrian; and the dialogue, functional. The film is only of any special interest because it is the first full-length film that Coppola directed. With regard to what have been called his "personal" films, You're A Big Boy Now, The Rai...

The horror story is heavily red-herringed and none too credible, and [The Haunted and the Hunted, or Dementia 13] doesn't escape looking a bit of a quickie. But the director, Francis Coppola, has confidently assembled the film and given it a sharp sense of atmosphere. It lacks polish but its ideas are right.

Allen Eyles, "The New Films: 'The Haunted and the Hunted'" (© copyright Allen Eyles 1965; reprinted with permission), in Films and Filming, Vol. 11...