Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice

Memory complaints are a frequent feature of psychiatric disorder even in the absence of organic disease. In this practical reference, German Berrios and John Hodges lead an international team of eminent clinicians to focus on the psychiatric and organic aspects of memory disorders from the perspective of the multidisciplinary memory clinic. The disorders discussed include the dementias, amnesic syndrome and transient amnesic states, and the psychiatric aspects of memory disorders in the functional psychoses. Throwing new light on established conditions and introducing two new syndromes, this book is a major contribution to the 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.