The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Stroke

This fully revised new edition covers the range of neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with stroke, including cognitive, emotional and behavioural disorders such as depression, anxiety and psychosis. Since the last edition there has been an explosion of published literature on this topic and the book provides a comprehensive, systematic and cohesive review of this new material. There is growing recognition among a wide range of clinicians and allied healthcare staff that post-stroke neuropsychiatric syndromes are common and serious. Such complications can have a negative impact on recovery and even survival; however, there is now evidence suggesting that pre-emptive therapeutic intervention in high risk patient groups can prevent the initial onset of the conditions. This opportunity for primary prevention marks a huge advance in the management of this patient population.

First sentence: Stroke like other illnesses has a dynamic evolution as a result of increasing knowledge and availability of healthcare around the world.

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Editions

1

Pages

480

ISBN

9780521840071

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