Catatonia - A Clinician''s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

Klappentext Catatonia is a syndrome of motor dysregulation found in as many as 10% of acutely ill psychiatric in-patients. Treatments are well defined and catatonia has an excellent prognosis when they are used. Two leading neuropsychiatrists describe the features of catatonia; teach the reader how to identify and treat the syndrome successfully; and describe its neurobiology. Patient case histories from the authors' clinical practices! as well as from classical literature! illustrate the principles of diagnosing and treating patients. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of patient vignettes; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology of catatonia concepts; 1. Catatonia: a history; 2. Signs of catatonia are identifiable; 3. The many faces of catatonia; 4. The differential diagnosis of catatonia; 5. Catatonia is measurable and common; 6. Past treatments for catatonia; 7. Management of catatonia today; 8. The neurology of catatonia; 9. Back to the future; Appendices; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Max Fink, Max Taylor Fink, Fink Max, Michael Alan Taylor
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521032360
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03236-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine