Description
Book SynopsisFor 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.
Trade ReviewThis book serves as a useful guide for clinicians to better appreciate a variety of neuropsychiatric manifestations and syndromes and to generate a more expansive differential diagnosis when evaluating patients with psychopathology. The authors' goal of consolidating the wealth of information in this field into a more easily accessible format is both a worthy and well-executed objective.
Strengths of this work include clinically high-yield comparative tables, diagnostic algorithms, and multiple figures correlating neuropsychiatric syndromes with various etiologies throughout. The writing is succinct yet informative and easily accessible for quicker reference when needed. The inclusion of specific assessments that may be used to evaluate different frontal lobe syndromes offers an example of the breadth of useful information in this book. Shortcomings include rare typos and lack of color in anatomic diagrams. The section on limbic encephalitis offers useful updates regarding the most common identified antibodies, but the addition of a more comprehensive table with other currently identified antibodies may have strengthened this section.
This guide to neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology is an excellent book with a multitude of clinical pearls in a format that is easy to carry and reference.
-- Andrew Bartholomew, B.S., M.D. * Doody *
Table of ContentsChapter 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
