NEUROPSYCHIATRY CASE STUDIES

• PART 1: DEMENTIAS
1. Unexplained Delirium, Atypical Dementia and Prodromal DLB
2. Unable to Talk. .
3. A mistaken recurrent depression
4. An Atypical Variant of a Common Neurodegenerative Disorder
5. Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA)
6. Little Red Riding Hood
7. Not All Unusual Behaviour is Psychotic
8. Puzzling Case: Is the Answer in the Genes?
• PART 2: MOVEMENT DISORDERS
9. Hallucinations in Parkinson’s Disease
10. Parkinsons and Parasomnias
11. The Possible Talents of Tourette Syndrome
12. On the Nature of Separation Challenges and Attachment Solutions in Severe, Refractory Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) – Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been helpful but what about Rikki and Luci and now Riley?
13. Paroxysmal Disorders in Autism: Problems with Diagnosis and Management
14. Twitches and Fidgets Might Not Tell the Whole Story
15. Apathy in Huntington’s Disease: Medicating Patient, Spouse, Both or None?
• PART 3: FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS
16. Diagnostic Layers
17. A Case of a Familial ‘Dopamine-responsive’ Movement Disorder
18. Facial Spasm Can Look Like Facial Weakness in Patients with Functional Disorders
19. Review of Notes Documenting Initial Treatment is Crucial in the Assessment of Acquired Brain Injury
• PART 4: EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
20. Novel Seizure Semiology after Epilepsy Surgery
21. The Syndrome of Transient Epileptic Amnesia
22. Autobiographical Amnesia in Association with Subtle Temporal Lobe Seizures
23. A Diagnostic Challenge of Troublesome Nocturnal Episodes
24. Past Investigations May Be Misleading
25. New Type of Paroxysmal Events in a Patient with Epilepsy and Learning Difficulties
26. Is Less Really More? The Pitfalls of an Ambitiously Healthy Diet
• PART 5: METABOLIC DISORDERS AND AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOPATHIES
27. Neuro-metabolic Conditions May Co-exist with Symptoms of Autism
28. With the Help of a German Dermatologist
29. A Musician Presents with Unusual Facial Movements, Insomnia and Depression
30. The Division between Psychiatric and Neurological Practice Does Not Help Patients with Disorders that Span the Two
31. First Episode Psychosis with Autoimmune Antibodies Involving Clear Neuropsychological Impairment with Common and Unusual Features
32. Subacute Onset of Psychosis with Epileptic Seizures and Dysautonomia – Think Autoimmunity!
33. Anti-GAD Encephalitis
• PART 6: ORGANIC PSYCHOSIS AND ORGANIC PERSONALITY DISORDERS
34. Animals in My Tummy. .
35. Personality Changes after Encephalitis, When “Organic Personality Disorder” is not Enough
36. Brain Injury Can Make One Better!
• PART 7: OTHER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
37. Psychosis Following Traumatic Brain Injury
38. Bilateral Lesions of the Thalamus: A Neuropsychiatric Challenge
39. Listening to the Music and the Patient
40. Autistic Disorder in Neurofibromatosis
41. When You Can’t Make Sense of the Story.

This book comprises succinct, accessible clinical cases in neuropsychiatry. Each clinical case has a specific and practical learning point, concerned with assessment, diagnosis, treatment or general approach. Each case models clinical reasoning and shows how the 'puzzle' in the case changed the future practice of the author.
Neuropsychiatry Case Studies is divided into sections relating to specific areas of neuropsychiatry, including dementias, movement disorders, autoimmune encephalopathies and epilepsy, amongst others. This book is aimed at trainee doctors in neurology and psychiatry and will also be of interest to fully trained doctors, nurses, psychologists and other allied health professionals working in this area.

Features
• Provides concise and easy-to-read case studies of neuropsychiatric disorders
• Written by recognised international experts in the field
• Includes a brief bibliography in each case study for further reading

Authors
• Josef Priller is a Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Charité in Berlin. He is chairing the only independent academic neuropsychiatry service in Germany with a particular focus on neurodegenerative diseases and autoimmune encephalopathies. From the research angle, he is interested in regenerative medicine and neuroimmunology.
• Hugh Rickards is a Consultant in Neuropsychiatry and Honorary Reader in Neuropsychiatry at Birmingham University. He is interested in general clinical neuropsychiatry and is part of a service that offers assessment and treatment for the full range of neuropsychiatric disorders. From the research angle, he is interested in the interaction between motor and psychiatric disorders, particularly in relation to Tourette syndrome and Huntington’s disease.