The Textbook of Geriatric Neuropsychiatry
American Psychiatric Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-88048-391-9 (ISBN)
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In the past several years, tremendous strides in understanding and treating neuro-psychiatric illnesses have been made. New treatments have emerged for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke depression, mania and anxiety. This volume aims to bridge the fields of geriatric neurology and geriatric psychiatry. It provides an explanation of the relationships existing between neuropsychiatric illness and aging of the nervous system.
Part 1 Introduction: Geriatric Neuropsychiatry; Epidemiology of Aging; Neurobiology of Aging; Neurobiological Basis of Behaviour. Part 2 Neuropsychiatric Assessment of the Elderly: Neuropsychiatric Assessment; Mental Status Examination; Neuropsychological Assessment; Age-Associated Memory Impairment; Anatomic Imaging of the Aging Human Brain; Functional Neuro-Imaging; Quantitative Electroencephalography; Neuropsychological Alterations in Normal Aging and Geriatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Part 3 Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Psychiatric Disorders in the Elderly: Mood Disorders; Late-Life Onset Psychoses; Anxiety Disorders; Substance Abuse; Sleep Disorders in Late Life; Pain; Delirium. Part 4 Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Neurological Disease in the Elderly: Nongenerative Dementing Disorders; Alzheimer's Disease and Frontal Lobe Dementias; Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders; Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism; Neuropsychiatric Aspects Cerebrovascular Disease; Traumatic Brain Injury; Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Neoplastic, Demyelinating, Infectious, and Inflammatory Disease of the Brain; Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Medical Therapies. Part 5 Principles of Neuropsychiatric Treatment of the Elderly: Pharmacological and Neuroendocrine Probes in Neuropsychiatric Illness in Elderly Patients; Geriatric Neuropsychopharmacology; Electroconvulsive Therapy in Geriatric Neuropsychiatry; Psychosocial Therapies with Older Patients; Neurospychiatry in Nursing Homes.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.1994 |
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| Zusatzinfo | index |
| Verlagsort | VA |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 2019 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-88048-391-1 / 0880483911 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-88048-391-9 / 9780880483919 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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