Alcohol and the Adult Brain (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Svanberg, Jenny; Bowden, Stephen; Draper, Brian; Withall, Adrienne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Alcohol and the Brain offers an up-to-date summary of the growing research literature on alcohol-related brain damage. It reviews the literature on epidemiology from different groups and cultural settings, describes warning signs and risk factors, and offer guidance on early identification, treatment and prevention.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317587576
• Artikelnr.: 41938943

Autorenporträt

Jenny Svanberg is the Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Forth Valley Substance Misuse Service, Scotland, UK, and was previously Principal Clinical Psychologist at the ARBD Service, Glasgow, UK. Adrienne Withall is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine within the University of New South Wales and a clinician within Aged Care Psychiatry at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Brian Draper is a Professor (Conjoint) at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the Director of the Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia. Stephen Bowden is a Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, and Consultant Neuropsychologist at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Jenny Svanberg and Adrienne Withall 2. Alcohol-related dementia and brain damage: a focus on epidemiology
Nicole Ridley and Brian Draper 3. Cultural considerations
Carly Johnco and Brian Draper 4. Comorbidity and complexity in chronic alcohol misuse
Apo Demirkol and Nicholas Lintzeris 5. Considerations with older adults
Samaneh Shafiee and Adrienne Withall 6. Alcohol related brain damage and neuropathology
Lisa Savage 7. Alcohol-related dysfunction of cognitive networks in alcohol dependence
Hélène Beaunieux
Francis Eustache and Anne-Lise Pitel 8. Wernicke's Encephalopthy and Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Simon Scalzo
Stephen Bowden & Matti Hillbom 9. Alcohol
ageing and cognitive function: a nutritional perspective
Adrian B. Bonner 10. Neuropsychological assessment and differential diagnosis of alcohol related cognitive impairment
Jenny Svanberg
Fraser Morrison and Breda Cullen 11. The clinical rehabilitation of people with alcohol related brain damage
Ken Wilson 12. Ethical issues associated with alcohol-related cognitive impairment
Chris Perkins and John Hopkins