Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology

by Cummings, Jeffrey L.

• ISBN13: 9781585620784
• ISBN10: 1585620785
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

The second edition of this popular pocket guide 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.

Author Biography

Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., is Augustus S. Rose Professor of Neurology and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California.

Michael R. Trimble, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych., is Raymond Way Professor in Behavioral Neurology at the Institute of Neurology in Queen Square in London, England.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Concise Guides Series	xxiii
Preface	xxv
Neuropsychiatric Assessment	1	(18)
Definitions	1	(1)
Clinical and Laboratory Examination	2	(16)
Initial Observations	2	(2)
Neuropsychological Testing	4	(3)
Neurological Examination	7	(1)
Formal Tests of Neuropsychological Function	7	(1)
Metabolic and Biochemical Investigations	7	(4)
Electroencephalography	11	(3)
Brain Imaging	14	(4)
References and Recommended Reading	18	(1)
Behavioral Neurobiology	19	(16)
Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neurochemistry	19	(1)
Essential Neuroanatomy	20	(13)
Limbic System	20	(7)
Basal Ganglia	27	(1)
Reticular Activating System	28	(1)
Cerebral Cortex	29	(3)
Cerebellum	32	(1)
Brain-Behavior Relationships	33	(1)
References and Recommended Reading	33	(2)
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Syndromes	35	(24)
Depression	36	(1)
Mania	37	(2)
Mood and Affect Lability	39	(2)
Delusions and Psychosis	41	(3)
Hallucinations and Illusions	44	(3)
Anxiety	47	(1)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Other Repetitive Behaviors	48	(1)
Personality Alterations	49	(3)
Dissociative Disorders	52	(1)
Altered Sexual Behavior and Paraphilic Disorders	53	(2)
References and Recommended Reading	55	(4)
Unexplained Neurological Symptoms	59	(12)
Etiology	60	(1)
Presentations	60	(3)
Evaluation	63	(1)
Nonepileptic Seizures or Pseudoseizures	64	(4)
Investigations	68	(1)
Treatment	69	(1)
References and Recommended Reading	69	(2)
Frontal Lobe Syndromes	71	(16)
Frontal Lobe Syndromes	71	(12)
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Syndrome	72	(8)
Orbitofrontal Syndrome	80	(1)
Medial Frontal Syndrome	81	(2)
Frontal Lobe Dysfunction Associated with White Matter Injury	83	(1)
Diseases of the Frontal Lobe	83	(2)
References and Recommended Reading	85	(2)
Aphasia and Related Syndromes	87	(18)
Hemispheric Specialization, Cerebral Dominance, and Handedness	87	(2)
Aphasia	89	(3)
Alexias and Agraphias	92	(2)
Aprosodia	94	(1)
Amusia	95	(1)
Dysarthria	95	(1)
Mutism	96	(1)
Reiterative Speech Disturbances	96	(2)
Apraxia	98	(2)
Acalculia	100	(1)
Gerstmann and Angular Gyrus Syndromes	100	(1)
Disconnection Syndromes	101	(1)
References and Recommended Reading	101	(4)
Visual, Visuospatial, and Right-Brain Disorders	105	(22)
Visuoperceptual Disorders	105	(5)
Monocular Blindness	107	(2)
Homonymous Hemianopsia	109	(1)
Achromatopsia	109	(1)
Cortical Blindness	110	(1)
Simultanagnosia	110	(1)
Visual Discrimination Disorders	111	(1)
Visual Recognition Disorders	111	(3)
Prosopagnosia	111	(1)
Environmental Agnosia	112	(1)
Visual Object Agnosia	112	(1)
Color Agnosia	113	(1)
Finger Agnosia	114	(1)
Disturbances of Visuospatial Attention	114	(3)
Unilateral Neglect	114	(2)
Anosognosia and Anosognosic Syndromes	116	(1)
Symbol- or Figure-Cancellation Abnormalities	117	(1)
Body-Spatial Disorientation	117	(1)
Dressing Disturbances	117	(1)
Other Body-Spatial Disturbances	118	(1)
Constructional Disorders	118	(2)
Visuospatial Cognition and Memory Disorders	120	(1)
Neuropsychiatric Syndromes Associated With Right-Brain Dysfunction	121	(2)
References and Recommended Reading	123	(4)
Memory and its Disorders	127	(12)
Anatomy of Memory	129	(2)
Memory Disorders in Clinical Practice	131	(2)
Psychogenic Amnesias	133	(1)
Dysmnesic States	134	(1)
Tests of Memory Function	135	(1)
References and Recommended Reading	136	(3)
Epilepsy and Limbic System Disorders	139	(10)
Epilepsy	139	(2)
Psychiatric Disorders of Epilepsy	141	(5)
Other Temporal Lobe Disorders	146	(1)
References and Recommended Reading	147	(2)
Dementia and Delirium	149	(22)
Delirium	149	(3)
Dementia	152	(13)
Alzheimer's Disease	153	(4)
Vascular Dementia	157	(3)
Dementia With Lewy Bodies	160	(1)
Dementia of Depression	160	(1)
Frontotemporal Dementia	161	(1)
Hydrocephalus	162	(1)
Central Nervous System Infections with Dementia	163	(1)
Miscellaneous Dementia Syndromes	164	(1)
Dementia in Children	165	(1)
Assessment of Dementia	165	(1)
Treatment of Dementia	165	(3)
References and Recommended Reading	168	(3)
Movement Disorders	171	(22)
Parkinson's Disease	171	(6)
Demography	171	(1)
Clinical Features	172	(1)
Pathology	172	(1)
Treatment	173	(1)
Dementia and Cognitive Alterations	174	(1)
Depression	174	(2)
Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders	176	(1)
Drug-Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders	176	(1)
Parkinsonism	177	(3)
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy	177	(2)
Vascular Parkinsonism	179	(1)
Drug-Induced Parkinsonism	179	(1)
Huntington's Disease	180	(1)
Clinical Features	180	(1)
Pathology	180	(1)
Neuropsychiatric Manifestations	180	(1)
Non-Huntington's Disease Choreas	181	(3)
Tardive Dyskinesia	181	(2)
Chorea With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	183	(1)
Sydenham's Chorea, PANDAS, and Chorea Gravidarum	183	(1)
Dystonic Disorders	184	(1)
Tic Syndromes	184	(2)
Tremor	186	(1)
Catatonia	186	(1)
Neuroleptic-Induced Movement Disorders	186	(4)
References and Recommended Reading	190	(3)
Stroke and Brain Tumors	193	(12)
Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke	193	(8)
Types of Cerebrovascular Disease	193	(2)
Risk Factors for Cerebrovascular Disease	195	(1)
Assessment of the Stroke Patient	196	(3)
Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease	199	(1)
Neuropsychiatric Syndromes Associated With Stroke	199	(2)
Brain Tumors	201	(3)
Types of Brain Tumors	201	(1)
Clinical Features of Brain Tumors	202	(1)
Neuropsychiatric Syndromes Associated With Brain Tumors	203	(1)
Treatment	203	(1)
References and Recommended Reading	204	(1)
White Matter Diseases and Inborn Errors of Metabolism	205	(12)
Multiple Sclerosis	205	(5)
Leukoencephalopathies	210	(1)
Acquired Disorders Affecting White Matter	210	(1)
Genetic Disorders Affecting White Matter	211	(3)
References and Recommended Reading	214	(3)
Head Injury and its Sequelae	217	(10)
Personality Changes Secondary to Neurological Injury	220	(1)
Other Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Trauma	220	(2)
Postconcussional Syndrome	222	(3)
References and Recommended Reading	225	(2)
Treatments in Neuropsychiatry	227	(20)
Neuropsychopharmacology	227	(16)
Basic Concepts	227	(2)
Antidepressants	229	(3)
Antipsychotics (Neuroleptics)	232	(1)
Sedative-Hypnotics	233	(2)
Mood-Stabilizing Drugs	235	(1)
Anticonvulsant Drugs	236	(7)
Abreaction	243	(1)
Electroconvulsive Therapy	243	(1)
Vagus Nerve Stimulation	244	(1)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation	244	(1)
Neurosurgical Procedures	245	(1)
References and Recommended Reading	246	(1)
Glossary	247	(10)
Index	257