Pint-sized but potent, this edited text features many chapters authored by leaders in the field who combine fluid presentations with effective distillations of both foundational and up-to-date literature in their areas of interest. Quality is almost uniformly high, especially in terms of balancing basic principles of neuropsychiatric syndromes with just enough cutting-edge knowledge and theory to make the Clinical Manual useful to both general psychiatrists and neuropsychiatric specialists The chapter on neuroimaging is the best of its type I have encountered in terms of relaying clinically useful information.
Evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients with neuropsychiatric disorders, syndromes, or symptoms can be complex, nuanced, and sometimes intimidating. Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry offers clinicians the comprehensive, expert guidance needed to deliver cutting-edge, effective, and compassionate patient care. New residents and veteran clinicians alike will benefit from the book’s commonsense, straightforward organization and meticulously researched coverage of neuropsychiatric disorders ranging from traumatic brain injury to dementias, as well as less commonly available information on topics such as the effect of HIV-1 infection on the central nervous system.
The manual is designed to efficiently orient the reader to each condition, including epidemiology, presenting symptoms, and contributing factors. It also covers the components of the neuropsychological evaluation, indications for clinical and functional neuroimaging, and subsequent treatment options. Psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, geriatric physicians — indeed, any mental health clinician — will find this volume of enormous value in recognizing and appropriately treating the growing number of patients with significant neuropsychiatric conditions or symptoms. Practical, comprehensive, and exhaustively researched, Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry is an indispensible resource for professionals.
From the Back Cover
Evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients with neuropsychiatric disorders, syndromes, or symptoms can be complex, nuanced, and sometimes intimidating. Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry offers clinicians the comprehensive, expert guidance needed to deliver cutting-edge, effective, and compassionate patient care. New residents and veteran clinicians alike will benefit from the book’s commonsense, straightforward organization and meticulously researched coverage of neuropsychiatric disorders ranging from traumatic brain injury to dementias, as well as less commonly available information on topics such as the effect of HIV-1 infection on the central nervous system.
The manual is designed to efficiently orient the reader to each condition, including epidemiology, presenting symptoms, and contributing factors. It also covers the components of the neuropsychological evaluation, indications for clinical and functional neuroimaging, and subsequent treatment options. Psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, geriatric physicians–indeed, any mental health clinician–will find this volume of enormous value in recognizing and appropriately treating the growing number of patients with significant neuropsychiatric conditions or symptoms. Practical, comprehensive, and exhaustively researched, Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry is an indispensible resource for professionals.
About the Author
Stuart C. Yudofsky, M.D., is D.C. and Irene Ellwood Professor and Chairman, and the Drs. Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Presidential Chair of Neuropsychiatry of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine; and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A., is Joe P. Tupin Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California; Medical Director of the Sacramento County Mental Health Services in Sacramento, California; and Editor-in-Chief of American Psychiatric Publishing.
