Essentials of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
By: edited by Stuart C. Yudofsky, Robert E. Hales.
Contributors: Yudofsky, Stuart C.; Hales, Robert E.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 753
Subjects: Neuropsychiatry.; Mental Disorders.; Nervous System Diseases.; Neuropsychology.
Description: Provides essential updates to the clinical material in a size amenable to reading and referencing. The Essentials contains 20 key chapters from the textbook from the following sections: Assessment - bedside, neuropsychological functioning, clinical and functional imaging; Symptomatologies - delirium, aphasia, amnesia; Disorders -traumatic brain injury, seizure disorders, sleep disorders, cerebrovascular, brain tumors, poisons and toxins, chemical dependencies, dementia, schizophrenia, mood and affective disorders, anxiety, and disorders of childhood and adolescence; and Treatments -psychopharmacology, cognitive-behavior therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Neuropsychiatric assessment; title: Neuropsychiatric symptomatologies; title: Neuropsychiatric disorders; title: Neuropsychiatric treatments.