Neuropsychiatry, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 43-2 - May 26, 2020
Editor: Vassilis E Koliatsos
Language: English
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This issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Vassilis E. Koliatsos will cover Neuropsychiatry. This issue is one of four each year selected by our series consulting… Read more

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This issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Vassilis E. Koliatsos will cover Neuropsychiatry. This issue is one of four each year selected by our series consulting editor, Dr. Harsh Trivedi of Sheppard Pratt Health System. Topics in this issue include: The clinical neurobiology of autism spectrum disorders; New developments in impulse control disorders; Schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental phenotype; Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy; New developments in addiction; The clinical neuroscience of acquired brain injury; New developments in frontotemporal dementia; Lewy body degenerations as neuropsychiatric disorders; Neuropsychiatric challenges in Alzheimer’s disease; and New pharmacological approaches in Neuropsychiatry, among others.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Preface
Neuropsychiatry: Definitions, Concepts, and Patient Types
Key points
What is neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychiatric patient types
The importance of neuroscience and other allied sciences
Summary
Translational Neuroscience in Autism: From Neuropathology to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapies
Key points
Introduction
Neuropathology
Gamma oscillations
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism spectrum disorder
Summary
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Impulse Control Disorders
Key points
Introduction
Diagnostic classification of impulse control disorders
Clinical characteristics of impulse control disorders
Treatment of impulse control disorders
Impulse control disorders in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders
Impulse control disorders in traumatic brain injury
Summary
Neurodevelopmental Factors in Schizophrenia
Key points
Introduction
Schizophrenia is an outcome of gene–environment interactions during neurodevelopment
Early signs in children who are later diagnosed with schizophrenia
Traces of developmental abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia
Aberrant cortical maturation in adolescence is associated with schizophrenia
Animal models of neurodevelopmental aspects of schizophrenia
Implications for prevention, early intervention, and treatment from childhood and adolescence to the disease onset
Summary
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy
Key points
Introduction
Depression and anxiety in epilepsy
Psychotic disorders in epilepsy
Neurocognitive deficits in epilepsy
Autism spectrum disorders in the epilepsies
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
Neuropsychiatric effects of antiseizure medications
Treatments for the neuropsychiatric symptoms of epilepsy
Summary
Update on the Neuropsychiatry of Substance Use Disorders
Key points
Introduction
Clinical context
Neurobiological research
Cannabis
Opioids
Designer drugs
The Behavioral Neuroscience of Traumatic Brain Injury
Key points
The clinicopathologic approach to traumatic brain injury
Neuropsychiatric morbidities associated with traumatic brain injury
Blast traumatic brain injury and the “brain-mind” dilemma in understanding and managing traumatic brain injury
Nosologic and clinical dilemmas associated with repetitive mild traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Relevance of the molecular neuropathology of white matter
Summary
Frontotemporal Dementia: Neuropathology, Genetics, Neuroimaging, and Treatments
Key points
Introduction
Genetics
Fluid biomarkers
Neuroimaging
Treatments
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Frontotemporal Dementia
Key points
Introduction
Clinical presentations
Lewy Body Degenerations as Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Key points
Introduction
Parkinson disease as a neuropsychiatric disorder
Expanding the scope: prodromal Parkinson disease
Cognitive impairment and dementia
Psychosis
Sleep-related disturbances
Mood disorders and affective dysregulation
Synucleinopathy and nonmotor and neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lewy body diseases
The new patients with Parkinson disease
Summary
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Alzheimer Dementia: From Mechanism to Treatment
Key points
Introduction
Advances in detection and assessment
Emergent neuropsychiatric symptoms
Mechanism and treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer disease
Summary
New Medications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Key points
Introduction
Treatments for Developmental Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Treatments for Eating Disorders
Treatments for Sexual Dysfunction
Treatments for Sleep Disorders
Treatments for Mood Disorders
Treatments for Schizophrenia
Treatments for Behavioral Symptoms of Neurodegenerative Dementias
Agents with multiple indications
Summary