Motion and Emotion

Provides a fresh overview of the main neuropsychiatric conditions

Includes approaches from different neuropsychiatric associations and groups

Defines neuropsychiatry historically and today

Provides a fresh overview of the main neuropsychiatric conditions Includes approaches from different neuropsychiatric associations and groups Defines neuropsychiatry historically and today

Autorentext
Andrea E. Cavanna, MD PhD FRCP FANPA is a consultant in Behavioural Neurology at the Department of Neuropsychiatry, the National Centre for Mental Health, Birmingham, a senior lecturer in Neuropsychiatry at the University of Birmingham, and honorary professor of Neuropsychiatry at Aston University, Birmingham (United Kingdom). He received his MBChB and MD from the University of Turin (Italy), completed his specialty training in Neurology at Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara (Italy) and was awarded his PhD in Clinical Neurology from University College London. Since 2008 he has been the lead consultant for the specialist Tourette syndrome clinic at the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is currently deputy director of the MSc in Clinical Neuropsychiatry at the University of Birmingham. He has published over 200 international peer-reviewed articles and 9 books in the fields of behavioural neurology and neuropsychiatry, with a special focus on the behavioural aspects of epilepsy and Tourette syndrome. His other research interest is the study of the neural correlates of consciousness in neuropsychiatric/ neurodegenerative conditions. In 2010 he received the American Neuropsychiatric Association Career Development Award and in 2017 he was elected fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric Association.

Zusammenfassung
Provides a fresh overview of the main neuropsychiatric conditions

Includes approaches from different neuropsychiatric associations and groups

Defines neuropsychiatry historically and today

Inhalt
Neuropsychiatry and behavioural neurology.- The neuropsychiatry of movement disorders.- The neuropsychiatry of epilepsy.- Conclusion: past, present and future.