The cognitive neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease / Patrick McNamara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNamara, Patrick, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parkinson's disease.

Neuropsychiatry.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Patrick McNamara examines the major neuropsychiatric syndromes of Parkinson's disease in detail and offers a cognitive theory that accounts for both their neurology and their phenomenology.

Contents:

On Parkinson's disease

Dopamine

The nature and functions of the agentic self

The neurology of the agentic self

Impairment of the agentic self in Parkinson's disease : cognitive

Deficits in Parkinson's disease

The agentic self and personality changes in Parkinson's disease

Evolutionary perspectives on the agentic self : its neural

Networks and Parkinson's disease

Speech and language deficits of Parkinson's disease

Sleep disorders of Parkinson's disease

Mood disorders and apathy in Parkinson's disease

Psychosis and dementia in Parkinson's disease

Impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease

Rehabilitation of the agentic self.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29745-0

1-283-25866-8

9786613258663

0-262-29836-8

OCLC:

751977985

Publisher Number:

9786613258663