Synopses & Reviews
This book provides clinicians with a reliable reference, written by prominent figures in neuroradiology and old age psychiatry, which draws together current knowledge of late life mental disorders as revealed by neuroimaging. A highly illustrated introductory chapter provides a useful overview of the various techniques of neuroimaging now available. The following chapters, also extensively illustrated, survey the contribution of neuroimaging to understanding the specific psychiatric disorders of late life, and the book concludes with guidelines for clinicians on the choice of imaging for the examination of their patients. For researchers this is a useful and authoritative review of current knowledge regarding neuroimaging and the older psychiatric patient. Its primary aim, however, is to educate and advise clinicians dealing with the protean manifestations of psychiatric disorder in later life.
Review
"This is an excellent book covering brain imaging in geriatric neuropsychiatry. Written and edited by internationally recognized experts in the field, this book is a valuable contribution to psychaitry, neuropsychaitry, and geriatric psychiatry....This is a valuable new book summarizing the state of brain imaging in geriatric neuropsychiatry. Any clinician or researcher involved in this field should read and refere to this book. This is an exceptional contribution to the field." Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
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"...this is a valuable addition to the reference library of geriatric psychiatry clinicians and an excellent teaching resource for residents and fellows in geriatric psychiatry." P. Murali Doraiswamy, MD, Contemporary Gerontology
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"The book comprehensively describes the neurologic and psychiatric changes in the aging brain. Most of the neuroimages discussed are CT and MRI findings...provides useful information on the basic neuropathology of brain aging and complements other functional neuroimaging reference sources." Clinical Nuclear Medicine
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"...well-written and informative." Neuroradiology
Synopsis
A highly illustrated survey of neuroimaging in the psychiatry of late life.
About the Author
Professor David Ames (BA, MD, FRCPsych, FRANZCP) graduated MB BS from the University of Melbourne in 1978 and trained in psychiatry at the Royal Melbourne (Australia) and Royal Free (London, UK) Hospitals (1982-7). His doctoral thesis was on the topic of depression in aged care homes. He was University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer (1989-1994), Associate Professor (1995-2005) and Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age (2005-2007), before taking up the post of Professor of Ageing and Health and Director of the National Ageing Research Institute in September 2007. He has extensive clinical experience in old age psychiatry and was director of the St Vincent's Health Aged Psychiatry Service from 2005 to 2008. David Ames has also edited the peer-reviewed Cambridge University Press journal International Psychogeriatrics (2003-2011). He has published over 145 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and has co-edited or written 17 books. His main research interests are the early detection and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and the care of the depressed elderly.
Table of Contents
Part I. Modern Methods of Neuroimaging: 1(a). Computerized tomography Brian Tress, Patricia Desmond; 1(b). Magnetic resonance imaging Patricia Desmond, Brian Tress; 1(c). Single photon and positron emission tomography Kim Jobst, Basil Shepstone; 1(d). Electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography Andrew Leuchter, Ian Cook; Part II. Neuroimaging in Specific Psychiatric Disorders of Late Life: 2. The normal elderly Hillel Grossman, Sandra Jacobson, Marshal Folstein, Gordon Harris; 3. Alzheimer's disease Hans Förstl, Alistair Burns; 4. Vascular disease Kazuo Hasegawa, Hiroo Kasahara; 5. Other dementias E. Jane Byrne, Stephen Simpson; 6. Delirium James Lindesay, Alastair Macdonald; 7. Affective disorders Christopher Ball, Michael Philpot; 8. Paranoid and schizophrenic disorders of late life Robert Howard, John O'Brien; Part III. Clinical Guidelines: 9(a). Indications for neuroimaging Andrew Leuchter; 9(b). Which scan, for whom, when and why? Robin Jacoby.