Memory Disorders in Clinical Practice

Memory Disorders in Clinical Practice provides a comprehensive discussion of memory disorders, focusing on objective studies of memory disorder rather than simple clinical descriptions of memory impairment. The book is principally concerned with acquired neurological disorders, and so most congenital and psychiatric conditions are not covered in depth, although these are occasionally referred to where they relate to particular neurological problems. The book begins with a discussion of memory assessment in clinical practice, covering the assessment of specific memory deficits and memory test batteries. This is followed by separate chapters on memory deficits caused by cerebrovascular disease, cerebral tumors, penetrating and blunt head injuries, dementia, infections of the central nervous system, chronic toxic or deficiency states, epilepsy, and ablation/disconnection of cerebral tissue. The book concludes with Appendices containing sources for materials which may be of use in designing memory tests for the assessment of neurological patients; and sources for information/materials relating to the remediation of memory disorders.

1 Assessment of Memory Functioning in Clinical Practice Memory Assessment in Specific Clinical Conditions Assessment of Specific Memory Deficits Memory Test Batteries2 Cerebrovascular Disease Arterially-Defined Lesions Anatomically-Defined Lesions Episodic Cerebrovascular Disturbance and Related Disorders Management of Memory Deficits Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease Summary3 Cerebral Tumors Cortical Tumors Subcortical Tumors Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Patients with Cerebral Tumors Summary4 Penetrating Head Injury Pre-Traumatic and Post-Traumatic Amnesia Anterograde Memory Deficits Retrograde Memory Deficits Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Penetrating Head Injury Summary5 Blunt Head Injury Pre-Traumatic and Post-traumatic Amnesia Anterograde Memory Deficits Rate of Recovery of Memory Deficits Management of Memory Deficits Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Blunt Head Injury Summary6 Degenerative, Demyelinating and Hydrocephalic Dementias Primary Degenerative Dementia Huntington's Disease Parkinson's Disease Demyelinating Disease Other Primary Dementias Hydrocephalic Dementia Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Patients with Dementia Summary7 Infectious, Metabolic and Related Diseases Infectious Diseases Metabolic Diseases Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Patients with Infectious and Metabolic Diseases Summary8 Toxic and Deficiency States Alcoholic Korsakoff's Syndrome Chronic Alcoholic Subjects Other Toxic Conditions Other Deficiency States Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Patients with Toxic and Deficiency States Summary9 Epilepsy Inter-Ictal Studies Ictal Studies Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders in Patients with Epilepsy Summary10 Ablation/Disconnection of Cerebral Tissue Leucotomy Commissurotomy Selective Cortical Resection Ablation of other Limbic System and Subcortical Structures Distinctive Features of Memory Disorders after Ablation/Disconnection of Cerebral Tissue SummaryAppendix 1 Sources for Materials Which May Be of Use in Designing Memory Tests for the Assessment of Neurological PatientsAppendix 2 Sources for Information/Materials Relating to the Remediation of Memory DisordersReferencesAuthor IndexIndex