Neurogenetic Syndromes: Behavioral Issues and Their Treatment

An essential pediatrics textbook and professional reference, this cutting-edge volume sheds new light on neurogenetic syndromes using a promising clinical perspective: examining behavioral and psychological phenotypes, with a strong focus on the influence of genetics. Linking science with practice like no other current text on this topic, this comprehensive book combines the latest research of two dozen leading experts and shows how these advances in knowledge apply to treatment and therapy. Clinicians who work with children of all ages will fully explore behavioral phenotypes of established syndromes (such as Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, and Williams syndrome), and the relationship between brain development and cognitive ability as children grow older.

Bruce K. Shapiro, M.D., Professor of Pediatncs. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Arnold J. Capute, M.D., M.P.H. Chair in Neurodevelopmental. Disabilities, Vice President of Training, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland. Pasquale J. Accardo, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, James H. Franklin Professor of Developmental Research in Pediatrics, VCU Child Development Clinic, Richmond, Virginia.