Neuropsychiatric Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nocentini, Ugo (Editor), Caltagirone, Carlo (Editor), Tedeschi, Gioacchino (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neuroradiology.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Medicine & Public Health.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the neuropsychiatric disturbances that may be experienced by patients with multiple sclerosis. The first section is designed primarily to describe the general clinical aspects of multiple sclerosis, from epidemiology to assessment tools....

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Epidemiology
• 3 Clinical Presentation
• 4 Etiopathogenesis
• 5 Neuropathology
• 6 The Diagnosis of MS
• 7 Assessments instruments
• 8 Neuroimaging in MS
• 9 Therapy of MS
• 10 Rehabilitation in MS
• 11 Mood Dyfuctions. Depression and Anxiety
• 12 Mania in MS
• 13 Mood Dysfunctions in MS and Neuroimaging
• 14 Psychosis
• 15 Euphoria, Spastic Laughing and Crying
• 16 Emotions and MS
• 17 Cognitive Dysfunctions in MS.