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Clinical Cases in Psychiatry: Integrating Translational Neuroscience Approaches

  • Presents practical and accessible clinical series on hot psychiatric issues in the day-to-day clinical world

  • Each clinical case includes innovative approaches combining neuroimaging, neuropsychology, TMS and other neuroscience approaches

  • Collects a broad variety of cases, ranging from psychiatry to neurology and psychology

  • Each case is discussed on the basis of the latest literature

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Early-Onset Psychosis with Adolescence Onset

    • Gabriele Panza, Silvia Paletta
    Pages 1-22
  3. Deficit Schizophrenia

    • R. A. Paoli, M. Grottaroli
    Pages 23-44
  4. Psychosis in the Elderly

    • Chiara Rovera, Alessandro Pigoni
    Pages 45-57
  5. Psychotic Bipolar Disorder

    • Massimiliano Buoli, Alice Caldiroli
    Pages 59-72
  6. Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder

    • A. Fiorentini, L. Cremaschi, C. Prunas
    Pages 73-89
  7. Cannabis-Induced Psychosis

    • Lucio Oldani, Benedetta Grancini
    Pages 115-135
  8. Psychotic Disorders Due to Traumatic Brain Injury (PD-TBI)

    • Matteo Lazzaretti, Gian Mario Mandolini, Silvia Grassi
    Pages 137-153
  9. Perinatal Depression

    • Marta Serati, Greta Carnevali
    Pages 155-170
  10. Depression, Dementia, and Pseudodementia

    • Sara Pozzoli, Vera De Carlo, Domenico Madonna
    Pages 171-188
  11. Catatonia and Cotard’s Syndrome

    • Andrea Botturi, Lucio Oldani, Francesca Bottinelli
    Pages 189-208
  12. Conversion Disorders Across Psychiatry and Neurology

    • Tiziana Carandini, Andrea Arighi, Elio Scarpini
    Pages 229-243
  13. Long-Acting Injection for Psychotic Disorder

    • M. C. Mauri, C. Di Pace
    Pages 245-257
  14. Cognitive Enhancement in the Early Phases of Psychosis

    • Elisabetta Caletti, Francesca Siri
    Pages 259-276
  15. The Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

    • Bernardo Dell’Osso, Beatrice Benatti, Chiara Arici
    Pages 277-293

About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Alfredo Carlo Altamura

  • Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, IRCCS “E. Medea” Scientific Institute, Bosisio Parini (Lc), Italy

    Paolo Brambilla

About the editors

A. Carlo Altamura is Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, IRCCS Foundation Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, University of Milan, Director of Residency of Psychiatry. He is President of the Italian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology, Past President of the Italian Chapter of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders, and President of the Italian Society of Depressive Disorders. Author of 250 publications cited in PubMed.

Paolo Brambilla, M.D., Specialist in Psychiatry, Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology and Neurophysiology, is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Milan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UT Houston, USA, Chair of the EPA Neuroimaging Section and Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Affective Disorders.  Since 2005 he has been coordinating research studies at the Developmental Psychopathology Research Unit at the IRCCS Scientific Institute “E. Medea”. Prof. Brambilla is the recipient of several international scientific honors, of national and international grants, and is the author or co-author of more than 200 original papers published in international peer-reviewed journals. His current lifetime h-index is 47 as calculated by Scopus.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Cases in Psychiatry: Integrating Translational Neuroscience Approaches

  • Editors: Alfredo Carlo Altamura, Paolo Brambilla

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91557-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91556-2Published: 08 October 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06253-8Published: 22 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91557-9Published: 25 September 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 293

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Neurology, Clinical Psychology, Neurosciences, Nursing

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