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Kaufman's Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists E-Book

Kaufman's Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists E-Book

David Myland Kaufman | Mark J Milstein

(2012)

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Abstract

Completely revised in response to the new format of the ABPN certifying exam, Kaufman’s Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists is the ideal reference to enhance your mastery of the neurology knowledge needed for the Psychiatry Board exam. Nearly 2000 multiple-choice practice questions, in print and online, assess your familiarity with the latest topics in the field!

  • Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. Compatible with Kindle®, nook®, and other popular devices.
  • Enhance your mastery of the material with the help of abundant line drawings, CTs, MRIs, and EEGs that demonstrate key clinical findings to facilitate diagnosis.
  • Fully understand each condition's relevant history, neurologic and psychiatric features, easily performed office and bedside examinations, appropriate tests, differential diagnosis, and management options.
  • Access comprehensive discussions of Alzheimer and commonly occurring non-Alzheimer dementias (such as Lewy bodies disease and frontotemporal dementia) and traumatic brain injury , and new imaging techniques.
  • Find the answers you need on the hottest topics in neurology, including involuntary movement disorders; single gene mutations with neuropsychiatric manifestations; psychiatric comorbidity of neurologic illnesses and treatments; deep brain stimulation and other new treatments; and the neurologic effects of illicit drug use.
  • See numerous neurologic conditions, which you have probably just read about, in life-like drawings of patients.
  • Test your knowledge with over 1,900 multiple-choice review questions, including interactive questions online at www.expertconsult.com.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover cover
Kaufman's Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists, 7/e i
Copyright Page iv
Table Of Contents v
Dedication vii
Acknowledgments ix
Notes About References xi
Websites That Offer Information About Several Areas xi
Physician-Readers, Please Note xiii
Preface xv
Purpose xv
Organization and Content xv
Additions and Other Changes for the Seventh Edition xv
Didactic Devices: the Visual Approach and Question-and-Answer Sections xvi
One Caveat xvi
1 Classic Anatomic Neurology 1
1 First Encounter with a Patient: 3
Examination 3
Formulation 4
Responding as a Neurologist to Consultations 5
2 Central Nervous System Disorders 7
Signs of Cerebral Hemisphere Lesions 7
Signs of Damage of the Dominant, Nondominant, or Both Cerebral Hemispheres 7
Signs of Basal Ganglia Lesions 8
Signs of Brainstem Lesions 9
Signs of Cerebellar Lesions 11
Illnesses that Affect the Cerebellum 13
Signs of Spinal Cord Lesions 16
Conditions that Affect the Spinal Cord 17
Discrete Lesions 17
Neurologic Illnesses 17
3 Psychogenic Neurologic Deficits 21
The Neurologists’ Role 21
Psychogenic Signs 21
Motor Signs 22
Gait Impairment 22
Sensory Deficits 22
Special Senses 23
Other Conditions 24
Potential Pitfalls 26
References 27
4 Cranial Nerve Impairments 29
Olfactory (First) 29
Optic (Second) 30
Oculomotor, Trochlear, Abducens Nerves (Third, Fourth, Sixth) 31
Trigeminal (Fifth) 36
Facial (Seventh) 37
Acoustic (Eighth) 38
Bulbar: Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Spinal Accessory Nerves (Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh) 40
Bulbar Palsy 41
Pseudobulbar Palsy 42
Hypoglossal (Twelfth) 43
Chapters 1–4 Questions and Answers 44
Preparing for Standardized Tests 44
Questions and Answers: Chapters 1–4 44
Answers: 45
2 Major Neurologic Symptoms 107
Introduction 107
7 Dementia 109
Disorders Related to Dementia 109
Congenital Cognitive Impairment 109
Amnesia 109
Neuropsychologic Conditions 110
Normal Aging 110
Memory and Other Neuropsychologic Functions 110
Sleep 110
Motor and Gait 110
Special Senses 111
EEG and Imaging Changes 111
Macroscopic and Microscopic Changes 111
Dementia 111
Classifications and Causes 111
Mental Status Testing 112
Screening Tests 112
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Fig. 7-1) 112
Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS) 112
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) (Fig. 7-3) 113
Further Testing 113
Laboratory Evaluation in Dementia 114
Alzheimer Disease 116
Preclinical Alzheimer Disease 116
Mild Cognitive Impairment 116
Dementia 116
Neuropsychiatric Manifestations 116
Physical Signs 117
Laboratory Tests 117
Pathology 118
Amyloid Deposits 118
Biochemical Abnormalities 119
Risk Factors and Genetic Causes 120
Genetic Causes 120
Treatment of Dementia 120
Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms 121
Caregiver Stress 122
Related Disorders 122
Trisomy 21 122
Dementia with Lewy Bodies 122
Three Core Features 123
Two Suggestive Features 123
Frontal Lobe Disorders 123
Injuries 123
Frontotemporal Dementia 124
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 125
Other Dementias 125
Vascular Cognitive Impairment 125
Wernicke–Korsakoff Syndrome 126
Other Causes of Dementia in Alcoholics 127
Medication-Induced Dementia 127
Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus 127
Infections 128
Neurosyphilis 128
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis 129
Creutzfeldt–Jakob and Related Diseases 129
Prions 130
Testing for Prion Infection. 130
Other Spongiform Encephalopathies 130
Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease 130
Lyme Disease 131
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Dementia 131
Manifestations 131
Treatment 132
Testing 132
AIDS-Induced Cerebral Lesions 132
Other AIDS-Related Conditions 133
Pseudodementia 133
Delirium/Toxic-Metabolic Encephalopathy 133
Characteristics 133
Risk Factors 134
Causes 134
General Treatments 135
Hepatic Encephalopathy 135
Precautions in Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease 135
References 136
Age-Related Changes 136
Alzheimer Disease 136
HIV-Associated Dementia 136
Dementia with Lewy Bodies 136
Depression and Pseudodementia 136
Frontal Lobe Disorders 136
Frontotemporal Dementia 136
Lyme Disease 136
CreutzfeldtJakob Disease and Related Illnesses 136
Delirium (Toxic-Metabolic Encephalopathy) 136
Vascular Cognitive Impairment 137
Miscellaneous 137
Chapter 7 Questions and Answers 138
Appendix 1 Patient and Family Support Groups 543
General Resources 543
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) 543
Alzheimer Disease 543
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Als) 543
Aphasia and Related Disorders 543
Autism 543
Blepharospasm 543
Blindness 543
Brain Tumors 543
Cerebral Palsy 543
Dystonia 543
Epilepsy 543
Fraudulent Therapies 543
Guillain–barré Syndrome 543
Huntington Disease 543
Migraine and Headache 544
Multiple Sclerosis 544
Muscular Dystrophy and Related Disorders 544
Myasthenia Gravis 544
Neurofibromatosis 544
Pain 544
Paraplegia 544
Parkinson Disease 544
Postpolio Syndrome 544
Rett Syndrome 544
Sleep Disorders 544
Spasmodic Dysphonia 544
Spasmodic Torticollis 544
Spina Bifida 544
Spinal Cord Injury 544
Stroke 544
Stuttering 545
Tourette Syndrome 545
Traumatic Brain Injury 545
Tremor 545
Tuberous Sclerosis 545
Wilson Disease 545
Appendix 2 Costs of Various Tests and Treatments* 547
Appendix 3 Diseases Transmitted by Chromosome or Mitochondria Abnormalities 549
Appendix 4 Chemical and Biological Neurotoxins 551
Appendix 5 Three Nonethanol Toxic Alcohols 553
Additional Review Questions and Answers 555
Index 649
A 649
B 652
C 652
D 655
E 657
F 658
G 658
H 659
I 660
J 661
K 661
L 661
M 662
N 664
O 666
P 666
Q 669
R 669
S 670
T 672
U 673
V 674
W 674
X 674
Y 674
Z 674