Overview
- Provides an overview of symptoms, management, and special genetic counseling issues for most adult neurogenetic diseases
- Includes case histories for a case-based approach to understanding genetic counseling issues unique to adult neurogenetics
- Provides audiovisual sessions of genetic counselors and neurologists with neurogenetics patients
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Movement Disorders
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The Dementias
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Stroke
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The Motor Neuron Diseases
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About this book
The adult patient diagnosed with or at risk for a neurogenetic disease has many questions and concerns for the genetic counselor, the neurologist, and other practitioners. Because of the emotional and potentially life-altering impact of these diseases on the patient and family, counseling can be especially challenging.
A rare hands-on guide to the subject, Genetic Counseling for Adult Neurogenetic Disease deals with core issues that differentiate adult neurogenetic counseling from its more familiar pediatric counterpart. This innovative book with accompanying videos is designed to fill in deficits in this area typical of training programs in genetic counseling (which have pediatrics and prenatal concentrations) and neurology (which rarely cover genetic counseling). For each condition featured, chapters include a detailed overview of genetic symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and management, plus guidelines for asking, and answering, pertinent questions. The major concentration, however, is on genetic counseling issues and case histories illustrating these issues. As an added dimension, the accompanying videos depict representative issues and challenges in genetic counseling for specific diseases in addition to the basics of a neurological examination. Among the conditions discussed:
- Movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease.
- Dementias, including Alzheimer's disease.
- Stroke.
- Motor neuron diseases.
- Neuropathies and channelopathies.
- Adult muscular dystrophies.
- Neurocutaneous syndromes.
- Plus a section on neurological and neuropsychological evaluation.
This is information that will stay relevant as technologies change and genetic understanding evolves. Genetic Counseling for Adult Neurogenetic Disease offers advanced clinical wisdom for genetic counselors as well as neurologists, neuropsychologists, and other referring clinicians.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genetic Counseling for Adult Neurogenetic Disease
Book Subtitle: A Casebook for Clinicians
Editors: Jill S. Goldman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7482-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7481-5Published: 02 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7837-0Published: 30 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7482-2Published: 01 December 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 325
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Health Psychology, Human Genetics, General Practice / Family Medicine, Social Work, Psychotherapy and Counseling