Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology -

Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology

Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2022 | Third Edition
American Psychiatric Association Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61537-409-0 (ISBN)
67,30 inkl. MwSt
This third edition has been updated to account for the development of new techniques in brain imaging; improvement in electrophysiological methods to better detect epilepsy and sleep disorders; and a growing list of blood and spinal fluid biomarkers that have revolutionized diagnostic capability.
For nearly 30 years, the Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology has been an indispensable companion for clinicians caring for patients struggling with everything from delusions and hallucinations to aphasia and stroke.


This third edition combines all of the scientific rigor of its predecessors with a renewed emphasis on kind, empathetic care. It has been updated to account for the development of new techniques in brain imaging; improvement in electrophysiological methods to better detect epilepsy and sleep disorders; and a growing list of blood and spinal fluid biomarkers that have revolutionized diagnostic capability.


Readers will benefit from guidance on novel treatments and improved therapies for a range of disorders that includes


• Memory disorders
• Movement disorders
• Brain tumors
• Substance related disorders
• HIV neurocognitive disorders


A wealth of tables throughout the book will help busy clinicians quickly reference relevant information, regardless of the patient's presentation. And an extensive list of recommended readings opens the door to further study.


As useful for trainees as it is for the experienced practitioner, the Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology, Third Edition offers the latest science and expert guidance to both achieve accurate diagnosis and undertake effective management of patients with complex neuropsychiatric and neurobehavioral disorders.

John J. Barry, M.D., is Fellowship Director of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology, Director of the Neuropsychiatry Clinic, Co-Director of the Individual Psychiatry Clinic, and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Hospital in Stanford, California. Sepideh N. Bajestan, M.D., Ph.D., is Chief of Neuropsychiatry Services, Associate Director of the Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology Fellowship, Co-Director of the Individual Psychotherapy Clinic, and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., Sc.D., is Director and a Research Professor for the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael R. Trimble, M.D., FRCP, FRCPsych, is Emeritus Professor in Behavioural Neurology at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, in London, United Kingdom.

Chapter 1. Neuropsychiatric Assessment
Chapter 2. Behavioral Neurobiology
Chapter 3. Symptoms and Syndromes
Chapter 4. Unexplained Neurological Syndromes
Chapter 5. Frontal Lobe Syndromes
Chapter 6. Aphasia and Related Syndromes
Chapter 7. Visual, Visuospatial and Right and Left Brain Disorders
Chapter 8. Memory and Its Disorders
Chapter 9. Epilepsy and Limbic System Disorders
Chapter 10. Delirium
Chapter 11. Dementia
Chapter 12. Movement Disorders
Chapter 13. Stroke
Chapter 14. Brain Tumors
Chapter 15. White Matter Diseases
Chapter 16. Head Injury
Chapter 17. Substance Related Disorders
Chapter 18. Autism
Chapter 19. Endocrine Disorders – Thyroid and Adrenal
Chapter 20. Limbic Encephalitis
Chapter 21. HIV Neurocognitive Disorders
Chapter 22. Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Chapter 23. Interventional Neuropsychiatry

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 33 Figures; 96 Tables, unspecified
Verlagsort VA
Sprache englisch
Maße 114 x 206 mm
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10 1-61537-409-4 / 1615374094
ISBN-13 978-1-61537-409-0 / 9781615374090
Zustand Neuware
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