Lishman's Organic Psychiatry
Subtitle: a Textbook of Neuropsychiatry
Contributors: Fleminger, Simon; Kopelman, Michael
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 955
ISBN-13: 9781444316810; 9781282237438
Subjects: Etiology; Neuropsychiatry; Neurobehavioral disorders
Description: "The 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.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: LISHMAN'S Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry, FOURTH EDITION; Contents; Contributor List; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition; PART 1: Principles; CHAPTER 1: Basic Concepts in Neuropsychiatry; CHAPTER 2: Neuropsychology in Relation to Psychiatry; CHAPTER 3: Clinical Assessment; PART 2: Specific disorders; CHAPTER 4: Head Injury; CHAPTER 5: Cerebral Tumours; CHAPTER 6: Epilepsy; CHAPTER 7: Intracranial Infections; color plates; CHAPTER 8: Cerebrovascular Disorders; CHAPTER 9: Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (Including Pseudodementias).; title: CHAPTER 10: Endocrine Diseases and Metabolic DisordersCHAPTER 11: Addictive and Toxic Disorders; CHAPTER 12: Movement Disorders; CHAPTER 13: Sleep Disorders; CHAPTER 14: Other Disorders of the Nervous System; Index.