The Psychiatry of Stroke

ISBN-13: 9780789031808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 408 str.

D. Peter Birkett

Opis

Treating stroke requires attention not only to patients' physical needs, but to their psychiatric needs as well. Unfortunately, there has been a considerable lack of literature that tackles this important facet of recovery. The Psychiatry of Stroke fills this void through a comprehensive examination that explores the mental and physical issues faced by stroke patients and offers up-to-date treatment options.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Background and Causation  2. Diagnosis of Stroke  3. Stroke Risk Factors  4. Strokes and Localization of Mental Function  5. The Neuropsychopharmacology of Stroke  Part 2: Psychiatric Syndromes  6. Speaking and Understanding  7. Seeing and Believing  8. Hurting and Touching and Feeling  9. Sex  10. Apathy and Failure to Rehabilitate  11. Anger and Violence  12. Disinhibition  13. Paranoia and Delusions  14. Depression  15. Anxiety  16. Dementia  Part 3: Outcome and Effects  17. The Process of Recovery  18. The Family  19. The Stroke Treatment Team  20. The Spectrum of Care  21. Legal Issues  22. Money  23. Ethics  24. Basic Anatomy of Stroke  25. Resources for Caregivers  26. Wilson, Roosevelt, Churchill, Hitler, and Stalin

O autorze

D. Peter Birkett, MD is Director of the Columbia/New York State Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program and Attending Psychiatrist at Good Samiaritan Hosipital in Suffern, New York.