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Author Robinson, Robert G. (Robert George), 1945-

Title The clinical neuropsychiatry of stroke : cognitive, behavioral, and emotional disorders following vascular brain injury / Robert G. Robinson
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description xii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Section I. Introduction: 1. Defining the problem -- 2. Historical perspective -- 3. Brain organization and cerebral basis of emotion -- 4.Vascular anatomy and classification of stroke -- Section II. Post-Stroke Depression: 5. Diagnosis of depression -- 6. Prevalence of depressive disorders -- 7. Phenomenology and specificity of depressive symptoms -- 8. Natural course of depression -- 9. Delayed onset depressions -- 10. Relationship of depression to lesion location -- 11. Relationship of depression to cerebral dominance and structural asymmetries -- 12. Relationship of depression to bilateral hemispheric brain injury -- 13. Relationship of depression to physical impairment -- 14. Relationship of depression to cognitive impairment -- 15. Relationship of aphasia to depression -- 16. Relationship of depression to social functioning -- 17. Premorbid risk factors and post-stroke depression -- 18. Relationship of depression to physical recovery from stroke -- 19. Effect of depression on mortality following stroke -- 20. Suicidal thoughts and plans -- 21. Biological markers -- 22. Mechanism of post-stroke depression -- 23. Treatment of post-stroke depression -- Section III. Post-Stroke Mania -- 24. Prevalence and clinical symptoms -- 25. Clinical correlates of post-stroke mania -- 26. Relationship of non-lesion factors to post-stroke mania -- 27. Bipolar disorder following stroke -- 28. Mechanism of mania following stroke -- 29.Treatment of mania following stroke -- Section IV. Anxiety Disorders -- 30. Prevalence and clinical symptoms -- 31. Clinical and lesion correlates -- 32. The longitudinal course and clinical correlates -- 33. The relationship of anxiety disorder to outcome -- 34. Mechanism and treatment -- SectionV. Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders -- 35. Schizophreniform psychosis -- 36. Anosognosia and denial of illness -- 37. Catastrophic reactions -- 38. Apathy -- 39. Disturbance of prosody -- 40. Irritability and violence -- 41. Pathological laughing and crying -- 42. Conclusions and future directions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cerebrovascular disease -- Complications.
Cerebrovascular disease -- Psychological aspects.
Cerebrovascular Disorders -- complications.
Cerebrovascular Disorders -- rehabilitation.
Mental Disorders -- etiology.
Cerebrovascular Disorders -- complications.
Cerebrovascular Disorders -- rehabilitation.
Mental Disorders -- etiology.
LC no. 97026484
ISBN 0521442346 (hardcover)
Other Titles Stroke