Brain disorders sourcebook
Subtitle: basic consumer health information about acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain tumors, cerebral palsy and other genetic and congenital brain disorders, infections of the brain, epilepsy, and degenerative neurological disorders such as dementia, huntington disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) : along with information on brain structure and function, treatment and rehabilitation options, a glossary of   terms related to brain disorders, and a directory of resources for more information
By: edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Health reference series
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 657
ISBN-13: 9780780810839
Subjects: Brain; Popular works; Diseases
Description: "Provides basic consumer health information about diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain disorders, and degenerative diseases and conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory of resources"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Inside the human brain -- Brain changes related to healthy aging -- How toxins affect the brain. Impact of drug abuse, addiction on the brain -- Mercury & neuro-development -- Dangers of lead exposure -- Manganese & brain damage -- Signs, symptoms of brain disorders. Symptom overview -- Headache -- Memory loss (amnesia) -- Neurological emergencies. Brain attack : know the signs, act in time -- Brain herniation -- Cerebral hypoxia -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- First aid for seizures -- Delirium (acute onset cognitive changes) -- Impaired consciousness. Coma -- Facts about vegetative & minimally conscious states -- Brain death -- Neurological tests, procedures. Mental status tests -- Common screening & diagnostic tests for neurological disorders -- Neurological imaging -- Carotid ultrasound -- Lumbar puncture (spinal tap) -- Intracranial pressure monitoring -- Steroids for brain disorders -- Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy for brain tumors -- Chemobrain -- Questions about chemotherapy treatments -- Radiation therapy. Conventional radiation therapy -- Stereotactic radiosurgery -- Brain surgery -- Restoring consciousness : aiding recovery from coma -- Brain rehabilitation. Rehabilitation therapies -- Cognitive rehabilitation -- Scales, measurements of brain functioning -- Types of services for people with brain disorders -- Finding rehabilitation facilities -- Adrenoleukodystrophy -- Batten disease (neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses) -- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sub-cortical infarcts &  leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) -- Mental health disorders rooted in genetic brain disorders -- Other inherited neurological disorders -- Birth defects that affect the brain. Agenesis of corpus callosum -- Arteriovenous malformations, other vascular lesions -- Moebius syndrome -- Neuronal migration disorders -- Cephalic disorders -- Cerebral palsy -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) : neurological complications -- Brain abscess -- Encephalitis -- Recognizing & treating encephalitis -- Rabies virus causes encephalomyelitis -- Arboviral encephalitides -- Acute disseminated -- Meningitis -- Neurocysticercosis -- Head injury : identification, first aid -- Preventing brain injuries -- Concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) -- Facts about concussion, brain injury -- Children's concussion recovery: no sports, no school-work, no text messages -- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) -- Facts about TBI -- Impact of a recent TBI on family members -- Difficulties with cognition, emotions, or fatigue after TBI -- TBI often causes sleep problems -- TBI can affect ability to drive -- Employment after TBI -- Outcomes of TBI -- Abusive head trauma (shaken baby syndrome) -- Brain aneurysm -- Cavernous angioma -- What we know, don't know about cavernous angioma -- Raising children with or at risk for cavernous angioma -- Hydrocephalus -- Stroke. Stroke basics -- Stroke treatment, rehabilitation -- Preventing stroke -- Benign & tumor-associated brain cysts -- Primary brain tumors -- Metastatic brain tumors -- Pituitary tumors -- Childhood brain tumors -- Living with brain tumor -- Managing fatigue -- Cognitive changes -- Returning to work -- Dementias. Dementia types, causes, treatments -- Alzheimer disease -- Vascular dementia -- Lewy body dementia -- Memory loss & early dementia -- Body fat increases risk of dementia -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Huntington disease -- Multiple sclerosis (MS) -- Parkinson disease -- Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) -- What is epilepsy? -- Treating epilepsy -- Medications & surgery -- Vagus nerve stimulation -- Ketogenic diet -- Research progress in epilepsy -- Living with epilepsy -- Nonepileptic seizures -- Physiologic & psychogenic nonepileptic seizures -- Febrile seizures -- Myoclonus: involuntary muscle jerking -- Restless legs syndrome -- Narcolepsy -- Glossary -- Directory of organizations