This is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the neuropsychiatry of patients with movement disorders, i.e. Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, dystonia and others, by active authorities in the field, with an emphasis on diagnostic and management issues. This book includes critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and limitations of the current research on the neuropsychiatry of movement disorders and on unanswered questions/controversies. Symptomatology and pharmacological aspects of management are discussed, to provide robust information on drug dosages, side effects and interaction, in order to enable the reader to manage these patients more safely. Illustrative cases provide real life scenarios that are clinically relevant and engaging to read. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Movement Disorders is aimed at neurologists, movement disorder specialists and psychiatrists and will also be of interest to intensive care doctors, psychologists and neuropsychologists, research and specialist nurses, clinical researchers and methodologists.

This is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the neuropsychiatry of patients with movement disorders, i.e. Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, dystonia and others, by active authorities in the field, with an emphasis on diagnostic and management issues. This book includes critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and limitations of the current research on the neuropsychiatry of movement disorders and on unanswered questions/controversies. Symptomatology and pharmacological aspects of management are discussed, to provide robust information on drug dosages, side effects and interaction, in order to enable the reader to manage these patients more safely. Illustrative cases provide real life scenarios that are clinically relevant and engaging to read. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Movement Disorders is aimed at neurologists, movement disorder specialists and psychiatrists and will also be of interest to intensive care doctors, psychologists and neuropsychologists, research and specialist nurses, clinical researchers and methodologists.

Dieses Buch vermittelt einen kompetenten und facherubergreifenden Uberblick uber das aktuelle Wissen auf dem Gebiet der Parkinson-Krankheit. Es ist im deutschsprachigen Raum das einzige Buch, das umfassend neurobiologische Grundlagen, experimentelle Modelle, Klinik und Therapie der Parkinson-Krankheit beschreibt und einen kompakten Uberblick zur Pharmakologie und den Wirkmechanismen der Anti-Parkinson-Medikamente gibt. Das Buch besticht durch seine klare Systematik und die komprimierte Darstellung mit vielen Tabellen, Schemata und Abbildungen. Das Buch ist Lehrbuch, Nachschlagewerk und Leitfaden fur Studenten, Arzte und Wissenschaftler. Daruber hinaus werden auch dem interessierten Patienten und Laien wichtige Informationen geboten.

Neu in der 4. Auflage: Alle neuen Medikamente; Neueste Entwicklungen in der Genetik, Pathogenese- und Therapieforschung; Aktuelle Ubersicht uber Modelle der Parkinson-Krankheit; Gegenwartiger Stand der klinischen Studien zur symptomatischen Therapie und Neuroprotektion."