- ISBN: 9780789031792 | 0789031795
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2/14/2008
D. Peter Birkett is Director of the Columbia/New York State Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program and Attending Psychiatrist at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Background and Causation | |
| Diagnosis of Stroke | p. 5 |
| Defining Stroke | p. 5 |
| Brain Imaging Techniques | p. 8 |
| Lacunes, Leukoareiosis, and Binswanger's Disease | p. 12 |
| Working Definition | p. 16 |
| Summary | p. 16 |
| Stroke Risk Factors | p. 19 |
| Heart Attack and Stroke Risk Factors | p. 20 |
| Management of the Stroke Risk Factors | p. 29 |
| Summary | p. 33 |
| Strokes and Localization of Mental Function | p. 35 |
| Strokes As a Key to Localization | p. 38 |
| Tracts, Pathways, and Projection Systems | p. 40 |
| Psychological Testing | p. 41 |
| Left Brain versus Right Brain | p. 44 |
| Summary | p. 46 |
| The Neuropsychopharmacology of Stroke | p. 47 |
| Neurotransmitters | p. 47 |
| Mental Effects of Drugs in Stroke | p. 50 |
| The Stroke Patient on Psychotropic Drugs | p. 55 |
| Summary | p. 57 |
| Psychiatric Syndromes | |
| Speaking and Understanding | p. 61 |
| Classifications of Aphasia | p. 64 |
| Differentiating Dementia and Psychosis from Aphasia | p. 71 |
| Tests for Aphasia | p. 73 |
| Management of Aphasia | p. 75 |
| Summary | p. 81 |
| Seeing and Believing | p. 83 |
| Visual Field Defects | p. 84 |
| "Blindsight" and "Hysterical Blindness" | p. 85 |
| Agnosia | p. 87 |
| Hallucinations | p. 90 |
| Misidentification Syndromes | p. 94 |
| Summary | p. 97 |
| Hurting and Touching and Feeling | p. 99 |
| Anatomy of Touch and Pain Sensation | p. 99 |
| Other Causes of Stroke-Related Pain | p. 101 |
| Treatment of Stroke-Related Pain | p. 104 |
| Parietal Lobe Syndromes | p. 107 |
| Summary | p. 110 |
| Sex | p. 113 |
| The Neuroanatomy of Sex | p. 113 |
| Diminished Sex Drive | p. 115 |
| Coitus-Related Stroke | p. 119 |
| Aberrant Sexual Behavior | p. 120 |
| Homosexuality | p. 122 |
| Information Sources | p. 122 |
| Summary | p. 122 |
| Apathy and Failure to Rehabilitate | p. 125 |
| Localization of Brain Lesions Associated with Apathy | p. 126 |
| Nonobvious Neurological Defects | p. 128 |
| Social Factors Fostering Dependency | p. 131 |
| Fatigue | p. 132 |
| Concurrent Mental Disorder | p. 133 |
| Concurrent Medical Disorder | p. 135 |
| Medications | p. 135 |
| Management of Apathy | p. 136 |
| Summary | p. 136 |
| Anger and Violence | p. 139 |
| Definitions and Incidence | p. 139 |
| Causes | p. 141 |
| Management | p. 146 |
| Summary | p. 150 |
| Disinhibition | p. 151 |
| Types of Disinhibition | p. 151 |
| Causes of Disinhibition | p. 154 |
| Management of Disinhibition | p. 160 |
| Summary | p. 162 |
| Paranoia and Delusions | p. 163 |
| Delusions in Organic Conditions | p. 163 |
| Management of Paranoia and Delusions | p. 167 |
| Summary | p. 168 |
| Depression | p. 169 |
| Classification | p. 169 |
| Causes of Depression | p. 171 |
| Prognosis | p. 176 |
| Management of Depression | p. 177 |
| Summary | p. 182 |
| Anxiety | p. 185 |
| Diagnosis | p. 185 |
| Causes | p. 188 |
| Management | p. 190 |
| Summary | p. 193 |
| Dementia | p. 195 |
| Diagnosis | p. 196 |
| Causes | p. 206 |
| Treatment | p. 220 |
| Summary | p. 225 |
| Outcome and Effects | |
| The Process of Recovery | p. 229 |
| The Neurological Process | p. 229 |
| The Psychosocial Process | p. 232 |
| The Prognosis of Stroke | p. 233 |
| Summary | p. 239 |
| The Family | p. 241 |
| Perspectives on the Family | p. 241 |
| Stress on Family Caregivers | p. 243 |
| Management of Stress in the Family | p. 244 |
| Patient Advocates | p. 245 |
| Summary | p. 246 |
| The Stroke Treatment Team | p. 247 |
| The Interdisciplinary Approach | p. 249 |
| The Mental Health Professional | p. 250 |
| Summary | p. 252 |
| The Spectrum of Care | p. 253 |
| Acute Care Hospitals | p. 253 |
| Stroke Units | p. 254 |
| Care Plans | p. 257 |
| Day Care | p. 257 |
| Home Care | p. 258 |
| Summary | p. 259 |
| Legal Issues | p. 261 |
| Legal Competence | p. 261 |
| Legal Guardianship and Powers of Attorney | p. 263 |
| Informed Consent | p. 264 |
| Criminal Intent | p. 265 |
| Psychiatric Aspects of Malpractice in Stroke | p. 266 |
| The Impaired Professional | p. 268 |
| Summary | p. 268 |
| Money | p. 271 |
| The Psychiatric Component of Stroke Care Costs | p. 271 |
| Financial Impact on the Individual | p. 272 |
| Cocaine-Related Stroke | p. 272 |
| Medicare, Medicaid, and Stroke | p. 272 |
| Stroke Prevention | p. 274 |
| Summary | p. 274 |
| Ethics | p. 277 |
| The Right to Die | p. 277 |
| Forcible Treatment | p. 278 |
| Intensity of Care | p. 280 |
| Summary | p. 282 |
| Appendixes | |
| Basic Anatomy of Stroke | p. 285 |
| Resources for Caregivers | p. 297 |
| Wilson, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and Hitler | p. 301 |
| Glossary | p. 305 |
| References | p. 329 |
| Index | p. 377 |
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