Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice

In this practical clinical reference, an international team of experts examine psychiatric and organic aspects of memory disorders.

German E. Berrios (Edited by), John R. Hodges (Edited by)

9780521576710, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 March 2000

532 pages, 33 tables
24.4 x 17 x 2.7 cm, 0.84 kg

'… the book is replete with valuable information and resources … the editors have provided a fitting companion for the clinician looking for a memory aid.' Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Memory complaints are a frequent feature of psychiatric disorder, even in the absence of organic disease. In this practical reference for the clinician, first published in 2000, German Berrios and John Hodges lead an international team of eminent psychiatrists, behavioural neurologists and clinical psychologists to focus on the psychiatric and organic aspects of memory disorders from the perspective of the multidisciplinary memory clinic. These disorders include organic syndromes such as the dementias, the amnesic syndrome and transient amnestic states, and also psychiatric aspects of memory disorders in the functional psychoses. Among the specific topics reviewed are the paramnesias, conditions such as déjà vu, flashbulb and flashback memories, and the problems of recovered, false and feigned memories. Throwing light on established conditions, and also introducing two new syndromes, this book makes a major contribution to the understanding and clinical management of memory disorders in psychiatry, neuropsychology and other disciplines.

Part I: Preface G. E. Berrios and John Hodges
1. Historical aspects G. E. Berrios
2. Mood and memory Tim Dalgleish and S. Cox
3. The concept of meta-memory Roger A. Dixon
4. The neuropsychology of memory A. Mayes
5. Psychopharmacology of memory J. Coull and Barbara Sahakian
Part II: 6. The multidisciplinary Memory Clinic approach John Hodges, G. E. Berrios and K. Breen
7. The dementias Greene and John Hodges
8. The amnesiac syndrome E. de Renzi
9. Transient global amnesia and transient epileptic amnesia A. Zemen and John Hodges
10. Insight and memory complaints and deficits I. S. Marková and G. E. Berrios
11. Memory in the functional psychoses Peter J. McKenna, A. P. McKay and K. Laws
12. Depressive pseudodementia Gabriel desRosiers
13. Practical management Barbara Wilson and J. Evans
Part III: 14. Paramnesias and delusions of memory I. S. Marková and G. E. Berrios
15. Déjà vu and 'jamais vu' Herman Sno
16. Confabulations G. E. Berrios
17. Flashbulb and flashback memories Sierra and G. E. Berrios
18. Functional memory complaints: hypochondria and disorganization G. E. Berrios, I. S. Marková and N. Girala
19. Dissociative amnesia: re-remembering traumatic memories E. Vermetten and J. Douglas Bremner
20. Recovered and false memories D. Bekerian and S. J. Goodrich
21. Ganser syndrome C. Allen, J. Postel and G. E. Berrios
22. Malingering and feigned memory disorders David G. Lamb and G. P. Prigatano
23. Legal aspects of memory disorders B. Solomka and Adrian Grounds
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH]