Description
Book Synopsis Casebook of Neuropsychiatry provides a fascinating tour of the critical subspecialty of neuropsychiatry, which combines neurology and psychiatry to address organic disturbances in the central nervous system that give rise to mental diseases. The book is comprised of 11 chapters, with subjects ranging from apathy to hyperkinetic states, and from depression to psychobehavioral disinhibition. The chapters are further divided into 38 cases, each of which takes the reader from clinical presentation through differential diagnosis and diagnostic workup, to current treatment options. Although the book is written in an engaging, narrative style, it has a strong, thoroughly up-to-date scientific foundation. Each case is placed in the appropriate neurobiological context, thus enhancing both the reader's clinical skills and his or her neuropsychiatric knowledge.
The book's many beneficial features include:
• Complete coverage of the neurological diseases and treatments, including detailed material on the behavioral affiliations of the frontal, temporal and parietal cortices; limbic system; and basal ganglia;
• Charts, illustrations, and imaging, which allow the reader access to all the diagnostic and medical historical documentation necessary to fully understand each case;
• "Key Clinical Points" provided at the end of each chapter, which focus the reader's attention on the most important facts and strategies; and
• Suggested readings, which afford readers the opportunity to deepen and enhance their knowledge and understanding.
By grounding the field of neuropsychiatry in real-life clinical problems, the editors have created an engaging and practical volume that allows psychiatrists, neurologists, residents, and others to update their knowledge of current neuropsychiatric thinking, sharpen their diagnostic skills, and fully appreciate the nuance and substance of this rapidly growing field.
Trade ReviewWe highly recommend the Casebook of Neuropsychiatry to clinicians wishing to improve the sophistication of their neuropsychiatric differential diagnoses.
-- Sheldon Benjamin, MD, Barbara Schildkrout, MD., and Margo D. Lauterbach, MD * American Journal of Psychiatry *
This is a top-notch new book with illustrative case presentations of classic neuropsychiatric illnesses. Anyone who claims to be a neuropsychiatrist or behavioral neurologist should read and refer to this excellent book.
-- Michael Schrift, D.O. * Doody's Book Review *
Table of ContentsContributors
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Psychobehavioral Disinhibition
Chapter 2. Apathy
Chapter 3. Depression
Chapter 4. Anxiety
Chapter 5. Psychosis
Chapter 6. Hyperkinetic States
Chapter 7. Somatoform and Somatoform-Like Disorders
Chapter 8. Alterations in Consciousness
Chapter 9. Memory Failure
Chapter 10. Intellectual Failure
Chapter 11. Focal Neurobehavioral Syndromes
Index
