Neuropsychiatry Case Studies

This book comprises succinct, accessible clinical cases in neuropsychiatry. Each clinical case has a specific and practical learning point, concerned with assessment, diagnosis, treatment or general approach. Each case models clinical reasoning and shows how the 'puzzle' in the case changed the future practice of the author.

Neuropsychiatry Case Studies is divided into sections relating to specific areas of neuropsychiatry, including dementias, movement disorders, autoimmune encephalopathies and epilepsy, amongst others. This book is aimed at trainee doctors in neurology and psychiatry and will also be of interest to fully trained doctors, nurses, psychologists and other allied health professionals working in this area.

Auteur

Josef Priller is a Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Charité in Berlin. He is chairing the only independent academic neuropsychiatry service in Germany with a particular focus on neurodegenerative diseases and autoimmune encephalopathies. From the research angle, he is interested in regenerative medicine and neuroimmunology.

Hugh Rickards is a Consultant in Neuropsychiatry and Honorary Reader in Neuropsychiatry at Birmingham University. He is interested in general clinical neuropsychiatry and is part of a service that offers assessment and treatment for the full range of neuropsychiatric disorders. From the research angle, he is interested in the interaction between motor and psychiatric disorders, particularly in relation to Tourette syndrome and Huntington's disease.

Contenu
PART 1: DEMENTIAS.- Unexplained Delirium, Atypical Dementia and Prodromal DLB.- Unable to Talk. . .- A mistaken recurrent depression.- An Atypical Variant of a Common Neurodegenerative Disorder.- Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA).- Little Red Riding Hood.- Not All Unusual Behaviour is Psychotic.- Puzzling Case: Is the Answer in the Genes?.- PART 2: MOVEMENT DISORDERS.-Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease.- Parkinsons and Parasomnias.- The Possible Talents of Tourette Syndrome.- On the Nature of Separation Challenges and Attachment Solutions in Severe, Refractory Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been helpful but what about Rikki and Luci and now Riley?.- Paroxysmal Disorders in Autism: Problems with Diagnosis and Management.- Twitches and Fidgets Might Not Tell the Whole Story.- Apathy in Huntington's Disease: Medicating Patient, Spouse, Both or None?.- PART 3: FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS.- Diagnostic Layers.- A Case of a Familial 'Dopamine-responsive' Movement Disorder.- Facial Spasm Can Look Like Facial Weakness in Patients with Functional Disorders.- Review of Notes Documenting Initial Treatment is Crucial in the Assessment of Acquired Brain Injury.- PART 4: EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES.- Novel Seizure Semiology after Epilepsy Surgery.- The Syndrome of Transient Epileptic Amnesia.- Autobiographical Amnesia in Association with Subtle Temporal Lobe Seizures.- A Diagnostic Challenge of Troublesome Nocturnal Episodes.- Past Investigations May Be Misleading.- New Type of Paroxysmal Events in a Patient with Epilepsy and Learning Difficulties.- Is Less Really More? The Pitfalls of an Ambitiously Healthy Diet.- PART 5: METABOLIC DISORDERS AND AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOPATHIES.- Neuro-metabolic Conditions May Co-exist with Symptoms of Autism.- With the Help of a German Dermatologist.- A Musician Presents with Unusual Facial Movements, Insomnia and Depression.- The Division between Psychiatric and Neurological Practice Does Not Help Patients with Disorders that Span the Two.- First Episode Psychosis with Autoimmune Antibodies Involving Clear Neuropsychological Impairment with Common and Unusual Features.- Subacute Onset of Psychosis with Epileptic Seizures and Dysautonomia Think Autoimmunity!.- Anti-GAD Encephalitis.- PART 6: ORGANIC PSYCHOSIS AND ORGANIC PERSONALITY DISORDERS.- Animals in My Tummy. . .- Personality Changes after Encephalitis, When Organic Personality Disorder is not Enough.- Brain Injury Can Make One Better!.- PART 7: OTHER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.- Psychosis Following Traumatic Brain Injury.- Bilateral Lesions of the Thalamus: A Neuropsychiatric Challenge.- Listening to the Music and the Patient.- Autistic Disorder in Neurofibromatosis.- When You Can't Make Sense of the Story.