Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease
This book provides a comprehensive account of the emotional and cognitive aspects of Parkinson's disease, derived from the neurological and psychiatric assessment of hundreds of patients by the authors. It offers a thorough survey of the published literature on the topic and readers will find a complete and helpful overview of the clinical features and treatment of Parkinson's disease, followed by discussions of associated depressive disorders, anxiety, phobias, apathy, hallucinations, delusions, and sleep disorders. The authors also discuss specific cognitive deficits and the mechanisms for these disorders, as well as the psychiatric and cognitive side effects of anti-parkinsonian medications and new surgical treatments.
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Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease
This book provides a comprehensive account of the emotional and cognitive aspects of Parkinson's disease, derived from the neurological and psychiatric assessment of hundreds of patients by the authors. It offers a thorough survey of the published literature on the topic and readers will find a complete and helpful overview of the clinical features and treatment of Parkinson's disease, followed by discussions of associated depressive disorders, anxiety, phobias, apathy, hallucinations, delusions, and sleep disorders. The authors also discuss specific cognitive deficits and the mechanisms for these disorders, as well as the psychiatric and cognitive side effects of anti-parkinsonian medications and new surgical treatments.
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Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

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This book provides a comprehensive account of the emotional and cognitive aspects of Parkinson's disease, derived from the neurological and psychiatric assessment of hundreds of patients by the authors. It offers a thorough survey of the published literature on the topic and readers will find a complete and helpful overview of the clinical features and treatment of Parkinson's disease, followed by discussions of associated depressive disorders, anxiety, phobias, apathy, hallucinations, delusions, and sleep disorders. The authors also discuss specific cognitive deficits and the mechanisms for these disorders, as well as the psychiatric and cognitive side effects of anti-parkinsonian medications and new surgical treatments.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521663052
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 06/13/2002
Series: Psychiatry and Medicine
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 7.09(w) x 10.08(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Sergio E. Starkstein was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins University and is now head of the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology at the Raul Carrea Institute of Neurological Research (FLENI) in Bueonos Aires. He is the author of many research articles and book chapters in neuropsychiatry, and an earlier book, Depression in Neurologic Disease (1993).

Marcelo J. Merello was a Research Fellow at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, and is now head of the Movement Disorders Section at FLENI in Buenos Aires. He is the author of many research articles and book chapters, and coedited New Trends in Parkinson's Disease Treatment. He is a member of the editorial board of Movement Disorders.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Epidemiologic, clinical and therapeutic aspects of Parkinson's disease; 3. Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease; 4. Cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease; 5. Depression in Parkinson's disease; 6. Anxiety, phobias, apathy and premorbid personality in Parkinson's disease; 7. Neuropsychologic and psychiatric side-effects of antiparkinsonian medication; 8. Treatment of psychiatric disorders in Parkinson's disease; Appendix; References; Index.
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