About the Book
The last decade has seen tremendous gains in our understanding of the profound impact of HIV/AIDS on brain functioning. This comprehensive handbook is designed for mental health clinicians, especially those without extensive neurological training, who need to be able to recognize and address HIV-associated cognitive/motor impairment, dementia, and related disorders. The book presents the most current information on neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV disease, promotes early identification of neurologically related mental status disturbances, and details common psychiatric features seen in these patients. Treatment issues are covered in depth, with chapters on pharmacology, psychotherapeutic approaches, and occupational therapy. Special attention is given to ethical and legal issues that may confront helping professionals, patients, and significant others. This book would be valuable to mental health practitioners and students from a range of backgrounds including psychiatry, neuropsychology, clinical psychology, social work, nursing, counseling, occupational therapy, and rehabilitation counseling who may encounter patients with HIV/AIDS.
Table of Contents:
Hinkin, Castellon, van Gorp, Satz, Neuropsychological Features of HIV Disease. Back, Miller, Cummings, Neurobiological Basis of Behavioral Changes in HIV-1 Encephalopathy. Singer, Differential Diagnosis of HIV-1 Neurological Disease. Sciolla, Atkinson, Grant, Neuropsychiatric Features of HIV Disease. Wetherby, Cheong, Evans, Schmitt, Pharmacological Interventions in HIV Disease. Buckingham, Shernoff, Psychosocial Interventions in HIV-Associated Dementia. Stulberg, Shapira, Issues for Caregivers, Families, and Significant Others. Valente, Saunders, Suicide and HIV Disease. Benson-Duffy, Enhancing Adaptive Function in HIV-Associated Dementia. Meyer, Leavenworth, HIV/AIDS and Mental Capacity: Legal and Ethical Issues.
About the Author :
Wilfred G. van Gorp, PhD, ABPP, is Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Cornell University Medical College and Director of the Neuropsychology Assessment Service for the New York Hospital Mental Health System. A member of the Executive Committee of Division 40 of the American Psychological Association, he also serves on the boards of directors of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, of which he is the current President, and the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology. Stephan L. Buckingham, MSSW, ACSW, developed the first psychosocial treatment program for persons with HIV/AIDS at the UCLA Medical Center in 1983. He has also served as Director of Psychosocial Services at Pacific Oaks Medical Group, and Director of Mental Health at AIDS Project Los Angeles. He currently maintains an independent practice in New York City and consults to the healthcare communications industry around the unique psychosocial issues associated with HIV/AIDS.
Review :
"An impressive overview of neuropsychiatric problems in HIV disease. The editors, van Gorp (a neuropsychologist) and Buckingham (a social worker specializing in HIV/AIDS) are both extensively published as are the majority of the contributors....The overarching theme of sensitive interdisciplinary care and the development of treatments for neuropsychiatric problems validate this volume as an important standard and reference on the current status of this area." --Tony Cellucci, PhD, in AIDS Education and Prevention "This practical, authoritative volume has a great deal to offer all clinicians, regardless of specialty. Aptly illustrated with relevant case examples, the book highlights the varied neuropsychiatric expressions of HIV/AIDS disease. Contributors clearly distinguish between psychological problems caused by brain disease and those caused by emotional response to illness, providing useful pointers on diagnosis, assessment, and effective patient management. There is much important clinical wisdom compressed into these pages." --Artiss L. Powell, MD, Department of Neurology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School--UMDNJ
"This is a very timely and much-needed review of the neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric complications of HIV infection and AIDS, which present multiple challenges to persons living with HIV, clinicians and caregivers. This volume will provide the mental health clinician with the necessary knowledge to recognize the behavioral effects of HIV on the brain, make appropriate referrals for diagnosis and treatment planning, provide education and support to caregivers, and consult with medical professionals. The editors of this volume, recognized experts on the neurocognitive and psychosocial aspects of HIV/AIDS, have assembled a thorough and complete review of the biopsychosocial aspects of HIV disease by a group of distinguished contributors to the research and clinical literature in this field. They are to be commended for providing a state-of-the-art volume addressing both scientific and practical clinical concerns." --Eileen Martin, PhD, ABPP/CN, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois-Chicago
"Each paper is well written and includes extnesive references for further reading....This is a recommended book for all medical and academic libraries." --AIDS BOOK REVIEW JOURNAL
"Overall, this volume is a very good handbook, but it could easily serve as a textbook for an overview course on the neuropsychiatry of HIV disease. It can also be used as a reference text, read in its entirety or perused by sections when specific information is needed. It is a timely and worthy purchase." --"Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic"
