Kurlan Handbook of Tourette's Syndrome and Related Tic and Behavioral Disorders, Second Edition

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-203-99696-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 560 Seiten

Reihe: Neurological Disease and Therapy

Relating breakthroughs in phenomenology and neurobiology and current strategies for diagnosis, assessment, and clinical care, this long-anticipated Second Edition provides expanded descriptions of clinical features, further evidence linking heritability to etiology, and revised epidemiological estimates as observed in the most recent research on Tourette's syndrome (TS) and associated disorders. The latest information about the controversial poststreptococcal hypothesis is also presented and discussed.

Zielgruppe

Neurologists, psychologists, pediatricians, family practitioners, neurobiologists, psychiatrists, geneticists, special education teachers, school psychologists, and social workers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kurlan, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Phenomenology of the Tic Disorder o Associated Behavioral Disorders o Diagnosis and Assessment o Neurobiology o Genetics and Epidemiology o Clinical Care o The Child and Adolescent with Tourette's Syndrome: Clinical Perspectives on Phenomenology and Treatment