Neuropsychiatry Case Studies

PART 1: DEMENTIAS.- Unexplained Delirium, Atypical Dementia and Prodromal DLB.- Unable to Talk. . .- A mistaken recurrent depression.- An Atypical Variant of a Common Neurodegenerative Disorder.- Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA).- Little Red Riding Hood.- Not All Unusual Behaviour is Psychotic.- Puzzling Case: Is the Answer in the Genes?.- PART 2: MOVEMENT DISORDERS.-Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease.- Parkinsons and Parasomnias.- The Possible Talents of Tourette Syndrome.- On the Nature of Separation Challenges and Attachment Solutions in Severe, Refractory Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) - Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been helpful but what about Rikki and Luci and now Riley?.- Paroxysmal Disorders in Autism: Problems with Diagnosis and Management.- Twitches and Fidgets Might Not Tell the Whole Story.- Apathy in Huntington's Disease: Medicating Patient, Spouse, Both or None?.- PART 3: FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS.- Diagnostic Layers.- A Case of a Familial 'Dopamine-responsive' Movement Disorder.- Facial Spasm Can Look Like Facial Weakness in Patients with Functional Disorders.- Review of Notes Documenting Initial Treatment is Crucial in the Assessment of Acquired Brain Injury.- PART 4: EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES.- Novel Seizure Semiology after Epilepsy Surgery.- The Syndrome of Transient Epileptic Amnesia.- Autobiographical Amnesia in Association with Subtle Temporal Lobe Seizures.- A Diagnostic Challenge of Troublesome Nocturnal Episodes.- Past Investigations May Be Misleading.- New Type of Paroxysmal Events in a Patient with Epilepsy and Learning Difficulties.- Is Less Really More? The Pitfalls of an Ambitiously Healthy Diet.- PART 5: METABOLIC DISORDERS AND AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOPATHIES.- Neuro-metabolic Conditions May Co-exist with Symptoms of Autism.- With the Help of a German Dermatologist.- A Musician Presents with Unusual Facial Movements, Insomnia and Depression.- The Division between Psychiatric and Neurological Practice Does Not Help Patients with Disorders that Span the Two.- First Episode Psychosis with Autoimmune Antibodies Involving Clear Neuropsychological Impairment with Common and Unusual Features.- Subacute Onset of Psychosis with Epileptic Seizures and Dysautonomia - Think Autoimmunity!.- Anti-GAD Encephalitis.- PART 6: ORGANIC PSYCHOSIS AND ORGANIC PERSONALITY DISORDERS.- Animals in My Tummy. . .- Personality Changes after Encephalitis, When "Organic Personality Disorder" is not Enough.- Brain Injury Can Make One Better!.- PART 7: OTHER NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.- Psychosis Following Traumatic Brain Injury.- Bilateral Lesions of the Thalamus: A Neuropsychiatric Challenge.- Listening to the Music and the Patient.- Autistic Disorder in Neurofibromatosis.- When You Can't Make Sense of the Story.