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For nearly 30 years, the Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology has been an indispensable companion for clinicians caring for patients struggling with everything from delusions and hallucinations to aphasia and stroke. This third edition combines all of the scientific rigor of its predecessors with a renewed emphasis on kind, empathetic care. It has been updated to account for the development of new techniques in brain imaging; improvement in electrophysiological methods to better detect epilepsy and sleep disorders; and a growing list of blood and spinal fluid biomarkers that have revolutionized diagnostic capability. Readers will benefit from guidance on novel treatments and improved therapies for a range of disorders that includes • Memory disorders • Movement disorders • Brain tumors • Substance related disorders • HIV neurocognitive disorders A wealth of tables throughout the book will help busy clinicians quickly reference relevant information, regardless of the patient's presentation. And an extensive list of recommended readings opens the door to further study. As useful for trainees as it is for the experienced practitioner, the Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology, Third Edition offers the latest science and expert guidance to both achieve accurate diagnosis and undertake effective management of patients with complex neuropsychiatric and neurobehavioral disorders.

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This book serves as a useful guide for clinicians to better appreciate a variety of neuropsychiatric manifestations and syndromes and to generate a more expansive differential diagnosis when evaluating patients with psychopathology. The authors' goal of consolidating the wealth of information in this field into a more easily accessible format is both a worthy and well-executed objective. Strengths of this work include clinically high-yield comparative tables, diagnostic algorithms, and multiple figures correlating neuropsychiatric syndromes with various etiologies throughout. The writing is succinct yet informative and easily accessible for quicker reference when needed. The inclusion of specific assessments that may be used to evaluate different frontal lobe syndromes offers an example of the breadth of useful information in this book. Shortcomings include rare typos and lack of color in anatomic diagrams. The section on limbic encephalitis offers useful updates regarding the most common identified antibodies, but the addition of a more comprehensive table with other currently identified antibodies may have strengthened this section. This guide to neuropsychiatry and behavioral neurology is an excellent book with a multitude of clinical pearls in a format that is easy to carry and reference. -- Andrew Bartholomew, B.S., M.D. * Doody *

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John J. Barry, M.D., is Fellowship Director of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology, Director of the Neuropsychiatry Clinic, Co-Director of the Individual Psychiatry Clinic, and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Hospital in Stanford, California. Sepideh N. Bajestan, M.D., Ph.D., is Chief of Neuropsychiatry Services, Associate Director of the Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology Fellowship, Co-Director of the Individual Psychotherapy Clinic, and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., Sc.D., is Director and a Research Professor for the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, Department of Brain Health, School of Integrated Health Sciences at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael R. Trimble, M.D., FRCP, FRCPsych, is Emeritus Professor in Behavioural Neurology at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, in London, United Kingdom.

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