Behavioral symptoms are an integral part of Parkinson's disease. In the past decade there has been an enormous amount of research on the nature of these disturbances, their underlying neural basis, and methods of assessment. This book provides an up-to-date review of neuropsychological deficits, depression, and treatment-related behavioral disorders associated with Parkinson's disease. Each section is a balanced presentation of both theoretical and practical issues. From a theoretical perspective, study of the neurobehavioral features of Parkinson's disease has contributed to our understanding of the subcortical structures and neurotransmitter systems related to human cognitive and emotional functions. From a practical perspective, behavioral symptoms represent a major treatment challenge. The advent of levodopa has created a population of older and more chronically disabled Parkinson patients, and has made it more imperative to understand the illness. Proper management of patients requires adequate methods for assessing behavioral changes, understanding the relationship of the behavior to the neurobiology of the disease, and being aware of therapeutic options.

Parkinson's Disease: Neurobehavioral Aspects

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cummings, Jeffrey L.

Huber, Stephen J.

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Oxford University Press

This is the long-awaited successor to Jeffrey Cummings' classic work, Clinical Neuropsychiatry, published in 1985. That book represented an integration of behavioral neurology and biological psychiatry into a single volume devoted to explicating brain-behavior relationships. It was clinically oriented and intended for practitioners caring for patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. The new title reflects the authors' effort to link the recent explosion of new information from neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, genetics, neuropharmacology, neuropathology, and neuroimaging to the clinical descriptions. Yet the clinical emphasis of its predecessor has been maintained. Each chapter has a consistent approach and the book as whole provides a practical, easy-to-use synthesis of clinical advice and basic science. The volume is enhanced by 4-color images throughout. It is intended for students, residents, fellows, and practitioners of neurology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, and cognitive neuroscience. It will also be of interest to individuals in neuroimaging.

Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Medical Books

Mega, Michael S.

Medicine

Here is all of the very latest scientific and clinical information for every type for dementing disease-presented in a handy, easy-to-read format. Noted specialists in the field equip readers with the guidance they need to understand, diagnose, and manage these conditions using all of the best approaches available today. They emphasize a neurologic investigative approach to differentiate the curable from the noncurable dementias. Disorders are organized into cortical and subcortical dementias to emphasize the different clinical features that facilitate diagnosis.an easy-to-read format for efficient reference. Organizes dementias by cortical and subcortical to facilitate diagnosis by clinical features.Presents the most current understanding of the neurogenetics of dementia and the neurobiological basis of dementing disorders.Discusses the most recently discovered dementing diseases, including dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal d

Dementia: A Clinical Approach

Butterworth-Heinemann

Clinical neuropsychiatry

Psychology & Counseling

Grune Stratton

Despite dramatic advances in our understanding of the brain and brain disorders, we still have much uncharted territory to explore in neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology, two rapidly growing disciplines devoted to understanding the behavioral consequences of brain dysfunction and using this information to improve patient care.
The second edition of this popular pocket guide (part of American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.'s Concise Guides series; it literally fits into the pocket of a lab coat or jacket) is updated throughout, featuring new medications and new diagnostic procedures and criteria. Like the first edition, it presents brief synopses of the major neuropsychiatric and neurobehavioral syndromes, discusses their clinical assessment, and provides guidelines for management, plus a glossary, index, and bibliographies that refer to more extensive reading.
The authors summarize diagnostic and treatment information in easy-to-read tables, including clinical features, underlying pathophysiology, and treatment options for the major neuropsychiatric disorders.
Beginning with several chapters on neuropsychiatric assessment methods, basic neuroanatomic and neurochemical principles, neuropsychiatric symptoms (including unexplained neurological symptoms, such as generalized anxiety, panic, and conversion and dissociative disorders) and syndromes (e.g., frontal lobe, aphasia), and the differential diagnosis of major neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., depression, mania, psychosis, anxiety), the authors organize subsequent chapters by disease: Visual/visuospatial impairment, which is critical to human survival and most severe with right-brain dysfunction and injury, where it causes a variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms Disorders of memory (etiology, anatomy, and tests for disorders such as amnesia), epilepsy (especially temporal lobe epilepsy), dementia and delirium (emphasizing the clinical criteria identifying the different dementias), and movement disorders (including Parkinson's disease and hyperkinetic movement disorders and tremors) Stroke (cerebrovascular disease is one of the most common causes of acquired behavior change in adults) and brain tumors (with associated neuropsychiatric morbidity) White matter diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis), with acquired or hereditary leukoencephalopathies, which can be further classified pathologically or according to the underlying metabolic abnormality; and head injury (e.g., intracranial hematoma, infection, epilepsy) and its sequelae (e.g., personality and cognitive changes, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder)
The final chapter covers the latest treatments, such as neuropsychopharmacology (e.g., antidepressants, antipsychotics, sedative hypnotics, mood-stabilizers, anticonvulsants), electroconvulsive therapy, vagus nerve stimulation, and neurosurgical procedures (i.e., destruction of large tracts of white matter to and from the frontal lobes).
An immediately useful clinical companion for psychiatrists and geriatric psychiatrists, neurologists, and neuropsychologists both within the U.S. and abroad, this volume is also exceptionally practical for students and residents because of its broad scope and easily accessible information.

Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology (Concise Guides)

Trimble, Michael R.

Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc

The Human Frontal Lobes:  Functions and Disorders

Miller, Bruce L.

Guilford Publications, Inc.

Alzheimer's disease is a heavily researched area with clinical trials continuing and new therapeutic strategies and products to assess. The editors and contributors address contemporary topics in this area in a number of comprehensively referenced chapters, designed to stimulate discussion on where current treatment is heading. Contributors to this annual are all internationally renowned experts in their subspecialties based on clinical experience and scientific evidence for the treatment of this disease.

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Annual - 2001

Gauthier, Serge

CRC-Press

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias represent an increasing threat to public health, in addition to the stress they place upon patients, their families and caregivers. While historically the emphasis in studying Alzheimer's disease has been on cognitive decline, this unique, state of the art book rectifies this imbalance and addresses the key behavioral and neuropsychiatric disorders associated with dementing conditions. Written by a world famous leader in the field of dementia and neuropsychiatry, this dynamic text has been richly illustrated with graphs, brain imaging and pathology. Rigorously referenced, it is packed with essential information and will be an excellent resource for clinicians as well as an ideal teaching text.

The Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Mental Health

Given the development of new therapeutic strategies and products, Serge Gauthier and Jeffrey Cummings have compiled a list of contemporary topics which will be of interest primarily to neurologists focusing on Alzheimer's disease, and also to psychiatrists and geriatricians. The contributors, all respected in their subspecialties, have written up-to-date, comprehensively referenced chapters which ought to provide guidance as well as stimulate discussion on where current treatment is heading.

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Annual - 2002

This book considers outcome measures relevant for Alzheimer's disease, identifies suitable assessment tools and considers the relative merits of each. Each section is written by an internationally respected opinion leader making this authoritative guide an important addition to the literature in this area.

Outcome Measures in Alzheimer's Disease

WILKINSON, DAVID

Harvey, Richard

Lovestone, Simon

MCKEITH, IAN

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