Behavioral neurology of movement disorders / editors, Karen E. Anderson, William J. Weiner, Anthony E. Lang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Karen E. M.D.

Weiner, William J.

Lang, Anthony E.

Series:

Advances in neurology.

Advances in neurology, 0091-3952 ; volume 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Movement disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thoroughly revised to reflect the latest advances in treatment and research, this volume is the most comprehensive, current clinical reference on psychiatric symptoms associated with movement disorders. This edition's expanded section on Parkinson's disease includes new chapters on anxiety disorders; sleep disorders, sexual dysfunction, apathy, and other neuropsychiatric complications; behavioral side effects of newer medications; and behavioral changes following deep brain stimulation and ablative surgery. Also included is a chapter discussing Parkinson's disease as a model for psychosocial issues in chronic neurodegenerative disease. Other new chapters cover behavioral concomitants of ataxias, essential tremor, dystonias, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders.

Contents:

The role of the basal ganglia

Parkinson's disease

Other akinetic rigid syndromes

Huntington's disease

Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome

Wilson's Disease

Ataxis, essential tremor, and dystonia

Other movement disorders associated with behavioral changes

Psychogenic movement disorders.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4698-7736-8

OCLC:

908076012