Practice Pearls in Neurology
Practice Pearls in Neurology

Author: AV Srinivasan

Publisher: JP Medical Ltd

Published: 2018-07-31

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9352701984

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This book is a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of both common and less common neurological disorders and diseases for clinicians and trainees. Divided into sixteen sections, each chapter presents a different condition providing a step by step approach from basic knowledge, history and examination, to key aspects of clinical diagnosis, investigations, and medical and surgical treatment. A complete chapter is dedicated to the effects of diabetes on the central and peripheral nervous system, and potential complications. The text is accompanied by clinical photographs and diagrams to enhance learning. Key points Practical guide to the diagnosis and management of neurological disorders and diseases Presented in step by step approach covering both common and less common conditions Complete chapter dedicated to effects and complications of diabetes on central nervous system Includes clinical photographs and diagrams to enhance learning

Psychology of Aging
Psychology of Aging

Author: Aimee Spector

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1351907859

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The psychology of aging is an exciting and rapidly-developing field. This volume provides a collection of classic, original and often widely-cited papers, including some older papers which may be hard to find through conventional searches. Taken together, they help to address some key questions: what are the cognitive changes related to aging? Is mental exercise useful? To what extent might intelligence, education or stimulating mental activities delay or even reduce cognitive symptoms of dementia? However, the book goes well beyond cognition and addresses social and emotional changes in aging, as well as looking at how lifestyle factors may be influential in psychological functioning. The section on the psychology of dementia covers the evolving psychological models, plus innovative types of psychological interventions. As more people live to an age where they are dependent on others, the book also considers the stresses on carers and how carers can be supported. Lastly, other aspects of mental health problems in old-age are addressed, including depression, PTSD and personality disorder. This collection of intriguing and inspiring papers will liven up the shelves of students, researchers and academics in the field as well as being a very useful resource for research, teaching and study.

Index Medicus
Index Medicus

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 1504

ISBN-13:

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Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.

Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis
Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

Author: Lauren B. Krupp, MD

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1934559482

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This practical guide for physicians and other health care professionals discusses the impact of fatigue on the individual with MS, the potential etiologies underlying MS-related fatigue, its work up and diagnosis, and pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic management strategies. Fatigue is perhaps the single most prevalent and disabling symptom of the multiple sclerosis, and limits patients' activity more than any other MS symptom. The identification of fatigue as a distinct clinical entity requires both art and science, and most of all, a willingness and ability to listen carefully to patients and their families. The physician's ability to obtain a comprehensive history requires a full understanding of the circumstances in which fatigue occurs (physical, cognitive, and psychosocial) and demands consideration of a large number of disorders, including anxiety, depression, excessive daytime sleepiness, pain, and spasticity, all of which may mimic or contribute to fatigue. While fatigue is almost exclusively a subjective experience, depending on the patient's ability to understand and report this symptom, there are effective methods for identifying the existence of fatigue, determining its severity, and distinguishing it from related or contributing disorders such as depression, pain, and sleep disorders. Readers will learn that fatigue need not be tolerated by the MS patient. Various therapies, support systems, and treatment of underlying affective disorders can all alleviate fatigue or reduce its impact, restoring the patient's energy levels and ability to participate in life. Virtually every MS patient with fatigue can benefit from intervention, and failing to treat the symptom of fatigue with the respect that it deserves is a serious detriment to patient care.

Protest on the Page
Protest on the Page

Author: James L. Baughman

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0299302849

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Explores the intertwined histories of print and protest in the United States from Reconstruction to the 2000s. Ten essays look at how protestors of all political and religious persuasions, as well as aesthetic and ethical temperaments, have used the printed page to wage battles over free speech; test racial, class, sexual, and even culinary boundaries; and to alter the moral landscape in American life.

Psychology of Technology
Psychology of Technology

Author: V.K. Kool

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-23

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 3319453335

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This unique treatise expands on the philosophy of technology to argue for a psychology of technology based on the complex relationships between psychology, biology and technology, especially in the light of our relationships with our digital devices, our online lives, and our human experience. Drawing from disciplines ranging from philosophy and evolution to cognition and neuroscience, it examines myriad aspects of the brain’s creative development: the cognitive, sensory, and motor processes that enable technological progress and its resulting efficiencies and deficiencies along with our discomforts and pleasures. These experiences are key to behavioral and affective processes in technology, manifest in such diverse phenomena as multitasking, the shift in tech design from ergonomics to hedonomics, and the many types of online problem behaviors. Through these rich pages, readers can understand more deeply the history and future of human adjustment and adaptation in an environment intertwined with technology—and, with the ascendance of video games and virtual reality, new conceptions of the human self. Among the topics covered: Could we have remained a tech-devoid society? Technology, ergonomics and the non-executive functions of our body. New directions in brain-computer interface. From avatars and agents to virtual reality technology.“br> On measuring affective responses to objects. Psychology, technology, ethics, and culture. A timely lens on a field that will grow in importance as it shapes our existence, Psychology of Technology will be read and discussed by not only psychologists, social scientists, and behavioral scientists, but also by technology designers and developers and those in biotechnology.