This authoritative resource is ideal for those caring for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental retardation (MR) syndromes. The text is structured in an easy to follow format: five chapters on brain injury syndromes, five chapters on mental retardation syndromes, four chapters devoted to other neuropathic conditions that are common to both, and six chapters that feature the drugs and how to use them. The drug section is tailored to the psychiatric disorders relevant to these specific patient populations.
Indice testuale
1. Brain Injury 2. Perinatal and pediatric brain injury 3. Mental retardation 4. Mechanisms of Brain Injury 5. Evaluation of the neuropsychiatric patient 6. Transient Neurobehavioral Syndromes 7. Static or Structural Syndromes 8. Delayed Neurobehavioral Sequelae 9. Psychiatric Disorders in Mentally Retarded People 10. Disorders of Behavior 11. The Pathobehavioral Syndromes 12. Disorders of eating, drinking, sleeping 13. Disorders of the X and Y Chromosome 14. Autism 15. The Problem of Self-Injurious Behavior 16. SIB II: The Cornelia de Lange Syndrome 17. Epilepsy 18. Psychostimulants, Dopamine Agonists and Amantadine 19. Antidepressants 20. The psychotropic Effects of Anti-Epileptic Drugs 21. Lithium 22. Anxiolytics and antipsychotics 23. Tardive Syndromes 24. Extraterritorial psychotropics 25. Cognitive enhancers and neuroprotectants 26. The Problem of Drug Treatment in Neuropsychiatry Index
