Alcohol and the Adult Brain

ISBN-13: 9781848723085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 226 str.

Jenny Svanberg; Adrienne Withall; Brian Draper

Opis

'Alcohol and the Adult Brain' presents an up-to-date overview of some of the issues relevant to understanding and working with people with cognitive impairment as a result of chronic alcohol use. One issue causing barriers to effective treatment and care is the stigma associated with alcohol dependence, resulting in the belief that difficulties associated with alcohol related brain damage (ARBD) are 'self-inflicted'.

Spis treści

1. Introduction, Jenny Svanberg and Adrienne Withall  2. Alcohol-related dementia and brain damage: a focus on epidemiology, Nicole Ridley and Brian Draper  3. Cultural considerations, Carly Johnco and Brian Draper  4. Comorbidity and complexity in chronic alcohol misuse, Apo Demirkol and Nicholas Lintzeris  5. Considerations with older adults, Samaneh Shafiee and Adrienne Withall  6. Alcohol related brain damage and neuropathology, Lisa Savage  7. Alcohol-related dysfunction of cognitive networks in alcohol dependence, Hélène Beaunieux, Francis Eustache and Anne-Lise Pitel  8. Wernicke’s Encephalopthy and Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Simon Scalzo, Stephen Bowden & Matti Hillbom  9. Alcohol, ageing and cognitive function: a nutritional perspective, Adrian B. Bonner  10. Neuropsychological assessment and differential diagnosis of alcohol related cognitive impairment, Jenny Svanberg, Fraser Morrison and Breda Cullen  11. The clinical rehabilitation of people with alcohol related brain damage, Ken Wilson  12. Ethical issues associated with alcohol-related cognitive impairment, Chris Perkins and John Hopkins

O autorze

Jenny Svanberg is the Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Forth Valley Substance Misuse Service, Scotland, UK, and was previously Principal Clinical Psychologist at the ARBD Service, Glasgow, UK. Adrienne Withall is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine within the University of New South Wales and a clinician within Aged Care Psychiatry at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Brian Draper is a Professor (Conjoint) at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the Director of the Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia. Stephen Bowden is a Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, and Consultant Neuropsychologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.