The psychiatry of stroke
By: D. Peter Birkett.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: Cerebrovascular disease -- Psychological aspects.; Cerebrovascular Disorders.; Cerebrovascular Disorders -- psychology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix; title: Chapter 1 Introduction 1; title: Part I. Background and Causation; title: Chapter 2 Diagnosis of Stroke 7; title: Chapter 3 Stroke Risk Factors 25; title: Chapter 4 Stroke and Localization of Brain Function 47; title: Chapter 5 Neuropsychopharmacology of Stroke 63; title: Part II. Psychiatric Syndromes; title: Chapter 6 Speaking and Understanding 79; title: Chapter 7 Seeing and Believing 103; title: Chapter 8 Pain, Touch, and Stroke 123; title: Chapter 9 Sex and Stroke 139; title: Chapter 10 Apathy and Failure to Rehabilitate 153; title: Chapter 11 Anger and Violence 169; title: Chapter 12 Disinhibition 185; title: Chapter 13 Delusions and Paranoia 203; title: Chapter 14 Depression 211; title: Chapter 15 Anxiety 233; title: Chapter 16 Dementia245; title: Part III.Outcome and Effects; title: Chapter 17 The Stroke Recovery Process 295; title: Chapter 18 The Family 311; title: Chapter 19 The Stroke Treatment Team 321; title: Chapter 20 The Spectrum of Care 329; title: Chapter 21 Legal Issues 341; title: Chapter 22 Economic and Financial Issues 351; title: Chapter 23 Ethical Issues 359; title: Appendix A Basic Anatomy of Stroke 367; title: Appendix B Resources for Family Caregivers 391; title: Appendix C Wilson, Roosevelt, Churchill,; title: Hitler, and Stalin 397; title: Glossary 401; title: Index 437.