Lishman's Organic Psychiatry A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry

by David, Daniel; Fleminger, Simon; Kopelman, Michael; Lovestone, Simon; Mellers, John

• ISBN13: 9780470675076
• ISBN10: 0470675071
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-02
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Author Biography

Anthony David is Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Simon Fleminger is Consultant Neuropsychiatrist responsible for the Brain Injury Unit at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Michael Kopelman is Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, and Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.

Simon Lovestone is Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health; MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research; Departments of Psychological Medicine and Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK.

John Mellers is Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Table of Contents

Contributor List	p. vi
Foreword	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. ix
Preface to the Fourth Edition	p. xi
Principles
Basic Concepts in Neuropsychiatry	p. 3
Neuropsychology in Relation to Psychiatry	p. 29
Clinical Assessment	p. 103
Specific disorders
Head Injury	p. 167
Cerebral Tumours	p. 281
Epilepsy	p. 309
Intracranial Infections	p. 397
Cerebrovascular Disorders	p. 473
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (Including Pseudodementias)	p. 543
Endocrine Diseases and Metabolic Disorders	p. 617
Addictive and Toxic Disorders	p. 689
Movement Disorders	p. 745
Sleep Disorders	p. 817
Other Disorders of the Nervous System	p. 845
Index	p. 907
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