Neuropsychiatry Of Stroke Research Articles

Evolving Research in the Geriatric Neuropsychiatry of Stroke

Evolving Research in the Geriatric Neuropsychiatry of Stroke

A Broad-Based and In-Depth Overview of the Neuropsychiatry of Stroke

The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Emotional Disorders following Vascular Brain Injury. Second Edition, by Robert G. Robinson. 2006. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 470 pp., $150.00 (HB)Many researchers have explored the development of emotional and psychiatric disorders following stroke. Few individuals, however, have dedicated years of clinical research to the topic or have the depth of knowledge required to critically evaluate the existent large body of literature. In the second edition of The Neuropsychiatry of Stroke, Dr. Robert Robinson eloquently summarizes and reviews major findings, including his own work and that of other investigators of emotional and psychiatric functioning after stroke and other brain injuries. In the first edition of The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke (1998), Robinson explored factors associated with the development of neuropsychiatric disorders following stroke. In this second edition, the original text is updated with recent studies on the development of neuropsychiatric disorders, such as poststroke depression, mania, and anxiety. A cogent argument is presented for a second edition, noting that the number of publications related to poststroke depression alone between 1998 and 2004 had more than doubled compared to the prior 7-year period (1990 to 1997).

The clinical neuropsychiatry of stroke, 2nd edition

The clinical neuropsychiatry of stroke, 2nd edition

The Neuropsychiatry of Stroke

Stroke represents a major public health problem in the United States, but relatively little work has been directed toward identifying and treating the common neuropsychiatric disorders occurring after stroke. This review discusses clinical and pathological correlates of depression, anxiety disorder, catastrophic reactions, pathological affect, or psychosis after stroke, as well as their epidemiology. Depressive disorder and anxiety disorder have been shown to inhibit physical recovery from stroke. It seems likely that other psychiatric disorders also inhibit recovery and limit quality of life. There are very few controlled trials examining the effectiveness of treatments for these disorders after stroke. Both depression and pathological affect, however, can be effectively treated with antidepressant medications.

The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke: Cognitive, Behavioral and Emotional Disorders Following Vascular Brain Injury

by R.T. Ross, 242 pp., ill., Stamford, CT, Appleton & Lange, 1998 After spending years practicing the neurologic examination, neurologists sometimes forget how daunting the examination can be for novices. In addition to questions of technique (for example, how to hold the hammer, where to aim it, how to instruct patients so that they resist the examiner during some parts of the examination but relax in others, how to phrase mental status questions so that patients are not insulted), the student faces even greater questions of interpretation. Great teachers have the ability to dissect skills that have long since become instinctive for them and explain these skills in ways the novice can understand and imitate. This book is clearly the work of a great teacher. It is filled with priceless tips and answers to many of the “stupid questions” I wish I’d had the nerve to ask as a student. It provides step-by-step instructions for using an ophthalmoscope. It specifies exactly where the examiner’s hands should go and how the patient’s limb should be moved when testing tone. It suggests wording the examiner can use to explain vibration testing to the patient. The prose is clear, concise, and conversational, and the line drawings are equally lucid. The previous edition of this book was published in 1985 and looked like a product of early desktop …

The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke

The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke