Description
Book SynopsisThe third edition of the now-classic text
Organic Psychiatry by William Alwyn Lishman should be a part of every neuropsychiatrist''s library. It should also serve as a reminder that neuropsychiatric training programs must continue to promote personal clinical instruction, in the spirit of Lishman''s prose, as a guiding bedside beacon to future practitioners.
from a review of the third edition in Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Over the past 30 years, thousands of physicians have depended on Lishman''s Organic Psychiatry. Its authoritative and reliable clinical guidance was - and still is - beyond compare.
The new edition of this classic textbook has now been extensively revised by a team of five authors, yet it follows the tradition of the original single-authored book. It continues to provide a comprehensive review of the cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences of cerebral disorders and their manifestations i
Table of Contents
Contributor List vi
Foreword vii
Preface to the First Edition ix
Preface to the Fourth Edition xi
Part 1 | Principles
1 Basic Concepts in Neuropsychiatry 3
2 Neuropsychology in Relation to Psychiatry 29
3 Clinical Assessment 103
Part 2 | Specific disorders
4 Head Injury 167
5 Cerebral Tumours 281
6 Epilepsy 309
7 Intracranial Infections 397
8 Cerebrovascular Disorders 473
9 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias (Including Pseudodementias) 543
10 Endocrine Diseases and Metabolic Disorders 617
11 Addictive and Toxic Disorders 689
12 Movement Disorders 745
13 Sleep Disorders 817
14 Other Disorders of the Nervous System 845
Index 907
