Pain Syndromes
Pain Syndromes Bushra Malik Mark Stillman ▪ INTRODUCTION The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or…
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury Michael P. Alexander ▪ INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the more common neurological disorders. The incidence is estimated to be 101 per 100,000 for…
Substance Abuse and Neurotoxicology
Substance Abuse and Neurotoxicology Stephen J. Traub Many substances—both legal and illicit—produce alterations in mental status. To the untrained or uncritical eye, these changes may appear to be psychiatric in…
Functional Disease: Hysteria
Functional Disease: Hysteria Michael Ronthal ▪ INTRODUCTION The term “hysteria” has largely been dropped from psychiatric parlance in favor of several other Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth…
Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders
Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders Sean I. Savitz ▪ INTRODUCTION Stroke results from occlusion or disruption of a blood vessel feeding the brain and has been popularly and incorrectly referred to…
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis Alexandra Degenhardt ▪ INTRODUCTION Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune demyelinating disease of uncertain etiology involving the central nervous system (CNS). In 70% to 85% of cases…
Pediatric Neurology for Psychiatrists
Pediatric Neurology for Psychiatrists Magdi M. Sobeih ▪ INTRODUCTION As the child’s brain develops, new developmental abilities arise. Skills in multiple domains are acquired concurrently. These domains include motor, sensory,…
Neuromuscular Disorders
Neuromuscular Disorders Andrew W. Tarulli ▪ INTRODUCTION The evaluation of a suspected neuromuscular disorder begins, like the evaluation of all other neurological disorders, with an attempt to localize the problem…
Spinal Cord Disorders
Spinal Cord Disorders Michael Ronthal ▪ MYELOPATHY Introduction The term “myelopathy” implies dysfunction of the spinal cord, which extends from the craniocervical junction to the level of the L1/2 interspace….
