Full Description
This case series book offers a practical and accessible approach to psychiatry, addressing major clinical problems ranging from psychosis to aging effects, each of which is tackled as it arises in everyday settings. With its emphasis on everyday practice strongly linked to underlying theory, the book combines clinical knowledge with the realities of managing clinical problems, and will provide a basis for developing sound analytical and confident decision-making skills. Presenting different visions of clinical psychiatry and expanding psychiatrists' interventions by integrating innovative neuroscience approaches such as neuroimaging, neuropsychology, TMS and cognitive rehabilitation, it will help clinicians and students alike gain a sound understanding of the wide range of signs and symptoms that indicate psychiatric disorders, and how the diagnosis, management and treatment options can differ from those in other medical specialties. The volume includes learning activities, with questions on each clinical case followed by detailed explanatory answers, and self-assessment exercises to assist with learning and revision. Throughout the book, tips and key features are highlighted with boxes, algorithms, tables and figures, which the reader can refer back to for exam revision and well into her/his career.
Contents
Chapter 1: Early onset psychosis with adolescent onset Gabriele Panza and Silvia Paletta).- Chapter 2: Deficitary Schizophrenia (Riccardo Paoli and Marika Grottaroli).- Chapter 3: Psychosis In The Elderly (Chiara Rovera and Alessandro Pigoni).- Chapter 4: Psychotic bipolar disorder (Massimiliano Buoli and Alice Caldiroli).- Chapter 5: Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder (Alessio Fiorentini, Laura Cremaschi and Cecilia Prunas).- Chapter 6: Dementia and bipolar spectrum disorders (Valentina Ciappolino and Giulia Orsenigo).- Chapter 7: Cannabis Induced Psychosis (Lucio Oldani and Benedetta Grancini).- Chapter 8: Psychotic disorders due to traumatic brain injury (PD-TBI) (Matteo Lazzaretti, Silvia Grassi and Gianmario Mandolini).- Chapter 9: Perinatal Depression (Marta Serati and Greta Carnevali).- Chapter 10: Depression, dementia and pseudodementia (Sara Pozzoli, Vera De Carloa and Domenico Madonna).- Chapter 11: Catatonia and Cotard's Syndrome (Andrea Botturi and Francesca Bottinelli).- Chapter 12: Generalized anxiety disorder, somatisation and emotional dysregulation (Gianluigi Tacchini and Matteo Vismara).- Chapter 13: Conversion Disorders Across Psychiatry And Neurology (Tiziana Carandini, Andrea Arighi, Elio Scarpini).- Chapter 14: Long acting injection for psychosis (Massimo Mauri and Chiara Di Pace).- Chapter 15: Cognitive Enhancement in The Early Phases Of Psychosis (Elisabetta Caletti).- Chapter 16: The use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (Bernardo Dell'osso, Beatrice Benatti and Chiara Arici).
