Editors:
Devoted entirely to disorders of brain degeneration in Sub-Saharan Africa, this is probably the first book of its kind
This book presents snapshots of dementia as well as pediatric and adult brain damage within a specifically African context
By employing a broad definition of what brain degeneration means, the authors are able to discuss everything from dementias and CNS malignancy to traumatic brain injury and CNS infective processes
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview of Brain Degenerations in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Selected Causes of Brain Degeneration in Uganda
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Pediatric Brain Degenerations in Uganda
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Testing and Investigating Brain Degeneration in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda
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About this book
Stemming from a 2012 conference entitled Brain Degenerations and Emerging Mental Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, this book is aimed at both the general practitioner interested in CNS disorders, and the specialist who would like to know more about CNS pathology in Africa. By employing a broad defi nition of what brain degeneration means, the authors are able to touch upon everything from dementias and CNS malignancy to traumatic brain injury and CNS infective processes.
This book draws from and builds upon the original conference presentations, and incorporates the most up-to-date science behind brain degeneration as well as actual case reports. Each of the book’s six sections off er the reader a deeper understanding of brain degeneration as it exists in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda
Seggane Musisi
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Dept. Anatomy & Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
Stanley Jacobson
About the editors
Stanley Jacobson PhD, is Professor of Anatomy & Cellular Biology and Integrated Physiology and Pathobiology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA. He is the author of over 100 papers on the circuitry within the central nervous system and co-author of a number of neuroscience textbooks. He is also a Fulbright Scholar at Makerere University in Kampala Uganda.
Seggane Musisi, MBChB, FRCP(C) , D. Psych (Toronto) is Professor and former Chief of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine of Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda. He has had wide research and clinical experience in Liaison Psychiatry, Psychiatric Intensive Care, HIV-Psychiatry, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as the psychiatry of old age. Dr Musisi is the author of the highly popular book “Psychiatric Problems of HIV/AIDS and Their Management in Africa,” and the Editor In Chief of ‘The African Journal of Traumatic Stress.’ He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the prestigious Fulbright New Century Scholar award.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Brain Degeneration and Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa
Editors: Seggane Musisi, Stanley Jacobson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2456-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-2455-4Published: 15 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4497-2Published: 05 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-2456-1Published: 14 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 306
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Public Health, Neurology