Overview
- Discusses neuropsychiatric comorbidities in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica
- Comprehensive overview by experts in the field internationally
- Emphasis on diagnostic and management issues
Part of the book series: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurological Disease (NSND)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (19 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Psychiatry of Demyelinating Diseases
-
Front Matter
-
Keywords
About this book
This book is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis and related diseases, by active authorities in the field, with an emphasis on diagnosis and management. Critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and limitations of the current research on the neuropsychiatry of demyelinating diseases is included, and unanswered questions are highlighted. Pharmacological aspects of management are discussed.
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases is aimed at neurologists, multiple sclerosis specialists and psychiatrists, and will also be of interest to intensive care doctors, psychologists ad neuropsychologists, research and specialist nurses, clinical researchers and methodologists.
Reviews
“This noteworthy book on a burgeoning field of neuropsychiatric presentations of inflammatory brain diseases, particularly inflammatory demyelinating diseases, provides excellent concise reviews on this subject. Written and edited by a group of internationally recognized experts in this field, the book is a welcome addition to the neuropsychiatric literature. … This is an excellent compilation of reviews on an important area for psychiatrists, neurologists, and neuropsychiatrists to be cognizant of.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody’s Book Reviews, December, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Bruno Brochet is Professor of Neurology at University of Bordeaux, France, and Head of the Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Bordeaux, France. He is an MS specialist and he created the MS Clinic of Bordeaux. He is a member of INSERM U 862 laboratory (Neurocentre Magendie), in Stéphane Oliet’s team, dedicated to research on axons and glia relationships, and leads the clinical research group on MS, cognition and imagery. He has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr Brochet is a member of several scientific and medical advisory boards on multiple sclerosis (LFSEP, ARSEP, MSIF) and current president of the scientific advisory committee of the Ligue Française contre la Sclérose en plaques (LFSEP) and the Observatoire Français de la SEP (OFSEP)(co-president). He was appointed President of the French Neurology Federation in 2015.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases
Editors: Bruno Brochet
Series Title: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurological Disease
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18464-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18463-0Published: 04 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35965-6Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18464-7Published: 23 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2196-2898
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2901
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 283
Topics: Neurology, Psychiatry, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Neuropsychology