Kaufman's Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists - E-Book

The only reference to focus on the must-know aspects of neurology for psychiatrists, Kaufman's Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists, 9th Edition, brings you up to date with the knowledge you need to excel on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and other examinations. It fully covers the exam topics you'll encounter, along with new content, high-quality illustrations, and multiple-choice questions. In addition, this book prepares you for clinical work in the 21st century.

• Discusses timely, clinically-relevant topics such as chronic and acute traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, correctible causes of dementia, violence, neurologic illnesses that present with symptoms of autism, illicit drug use, stroke, migraine, Parkinson's disease, tardive dyskinesia current treatments, and more. 

• Includes nearly 2,000 multiple-choice questions both in print and online-all written to help you succeed on the ABPN certifying exam. 

• Features new content, new and improved clinical illustrations: life-like patient sketches, anatomy line drawings, CTs, MRIs, and EEGs. 

• Explains each condition's neurologic and psychiatric features, easily performed office and bedside examinations, appropriate tests, differential diagnosis, and management options.  

• Correlates neurologic illnesses with the DSM-5.

Dr. Jillian L. Rosengard is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate studies at Harvard University and then pursued medical school and Neurology residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her fellowship training was in Clinical Neurophysiology at Montefiore, and she specializes in the diagnosis and management of seizures and epilepsy. She has a particular interest in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, seizures during pregnancy, and electroencephalography (EEG). Passionate about medical education, she serves as co-director of the Neurology clerkship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and frequently teaches the medical students, residents, and fellows. She participates in multi-center research studies as well as clinical trials for new antiseizure medications. Jillian lives in New York with her husband and son.