Lishman's organic psychiatry : a textbook of neuropsychiatry

"The third edition of the now-classic text Organic Psychiatry by William Alwyn Lishman should be a part of every neuropsychiatrist's library. It should also serve as a reminder that neuropsychiatric training programs must continue to promote personal clinical instruction, in the spirit of Lishman's prose, as a guiding bedside beacon to future practitioners." from a review of the third edition in Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Over the past 30 years, thousands of physicians have depended on Lishman's Organic Psychiatry . Its authoritative and reliable clinical guidance. LISHMAN'S Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry, FOURTH EDITION; Contents; Contributor List; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition; PART 1: Principles; CHAPTER 1: Basic Concepts in Neuropsychiatry; CHAPTER 2: Neuropsychology in Relation to Psychiatry; CHAPTER 3: Clinical Assessment; PART 2: Specific disorders; CHAPTER 4: Head Injury; CHAPTER 5: Cerebral Tumours; CHAPTER 6: Epilepsy; CHAPTER 7: Intracranial Infections; color plates; CHAPTER 8: Cerebrovascular Disorders; CHAPTER 9: Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (Including Pseudodementias). CHAPTER 10: Endocrine Diseases and Metabolic DisordersCHAPTER 11: Addictive and Toxic Disorders; CHAPTER 12: Movement Disorders; CHAPTER 13: Sleep Disorders; CHAPTER 14: Other Disorders of the Nervous System; Index. ""For three decades psychiatrists have turned to Lishman's Organic Psychiatry as the standard neuropsychiatry reference. It stood as the last great single author reference text in medicine, a combination of meticulous, exhaustive research conveyed in a beautifully clear style. Now the mantle has been passed to a group of five distinguished authors and it is to their considerable credit that the attributes which made Organic Psychiatry such a distinctive voice remain. The fourth Edition of Lishman's Organic Psychiatry is a rich blend of detailed clinical inquiry and up to date neuroscience. It