Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases

Herausgegeben:Brochet, Bruno

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis and related diseases, by active authorities in the field, with an emphasis on diagnosis and management. Critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and limitations of the current research on the neuropsychiatry of demyelinating diseases is included, and unanswered questions are highlighted. Pharmacological aspects of management are discussed.

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases is aimed at neurologists, multiple sclerosis specialists and psychiatrists, and will also be of interest to intensive care doctors, psychologists ad neuropsychologists, research and specialist nurses, clinical researchers and methodologists.

Produktdetails

• Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurological Disease
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-18463-0
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 555g
• ISBN-13: 9783319184630
• ISBN-10: 3319184636
• Artikelnr.: 42563452

Autorenporträt

Dr Bruno Brochet is Professor of Neurology at University of Bordeaux, France, and Head of the Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Bordeaux, France. He is an MS specialist and he created the MS Clinic of Bordeaux. He is a member of INSERM U 862 laboratory (Neurocentre Magendie), in Stéphane Oliet's team, dedicated to research on axons and glia relationships, and leads the clinical research group on MS, cognition and imagery. He has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals.  Dr Brochet is a member of several scientific and medical advisory boards on multiple sclerosis (LFSEP, ARSEP, MSIF) and current president of the scientific advisory committee of the Ligue Française contre la Sclérose en plaques (LFSEP) and the Observatoire Français de la SEP (OFSEP)(co-president). He was appointed President of the French Neurology Federation in 2015.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Psychiatry of Demyelinating Diseases.- The Spectrum of Demyelinating Inflammatory Diseases of the Central Nervous System.- Depression and Multiple Sclerosis: Clinical Aspects, Epidemiology and Management.- Depression and Multiple Sclerosis: Imaging, Mechanisms.- Anxiety and Multiple Sclerosis.- Multiple Sclerosis and Bipolar Disorders.- Psychiatric Co-morbidity.- Psychiatric Presentation of Brain Inflammation.- Drug Management of Psychiatric Co-morbidity in Multiple Sclerosis.- Part II: Psychology.- Psychology of Multiple Sclerosis.- Coping and Multiple Sclerosis.- Fatigue.- Psychological and Behavioral Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis.- Part III: Cognitive Perspective.- Introduction to Social Cognition.- Psychopathology of Alexithymia and Multiple Sclerosis.- Social Cognition and Multiple Sclerosis.- Cognitive Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis.- Neuropsychiatry of Neuromyelitis Optica.- Dementia in Multiple Sclerosis.- Depression, Anxiety and Cognitive Functioning in Multiple Sclerosis.

Rezensionen

"This noteworthy book on a burgeoning field of neuropsychiatric presentations of inflammatory brain diseases, particularly inflammatory demyelinating diseases, provides excellent concise reviews on this subject. Written and edited by a group of internationally recognized experts in this field, the book is a welcome addition to the neuropsychiatric literature. ... This is an excellent compilation of reviews on an important area for psychiatrists, neurologists, and neuropsychiatrists to be cognizant of." (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2015)