Contents -- 1. Epilepsy and Behavior -- Idiopathic versus Symptomatic Epilepsy -- Clinical Genetic Studies -- Complex Partial Seizures-Temporal Lobe Origin -- Subjective Feelings -- Automatisms -- Complex Partial Seizures-Extratemporal Origin -- Electroencephalography and the Diagnosis of Epilepsy -- Abnormal Electroencephalogram without Epilepsy -- Pseudoseizures -- Therapy -- Blood Levels -- Surgery in Epilepsy -- Epileptogenesis, Cognitive, and Behavioral Deterioration -- Psychosis -- Affective Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Sexual Behavior -- Personality Disturbance -- Violence, the Temporal Lobes, and the Limbic System -- Anatomy -- Physiological Psychology -- Aggression and Violence as an Epileptic-like Discharge of the Limbic System -- Episodic Dyscontrol -- Conclusion -- 2. Violence and Neurobiology -- Brain Damage -- Antisocial Personality and the Frontal Lobe -- Neurotransmitters and Hormones -- Mental Illness -- Abuse -- Violence as a Complex Psycho-Social-Biologic Interaction -- Sociological Aspects of Violence -- Conclusion -- 3. Schizophrenia -- Clinical Features -- Age at Onset and Gender -- Changing Diagnostic Criteria and Symptomatic Classifications -- Schizoaffective Disorder -- Personality Disorders and Schizophrenia -- Course and Natural History -- Differential Diagnosis -- Differentiating from Other Psychiatric Disorders -- Neurological Diseases -- Drug Reactions -- Sleep Disorders -- Biologic Basis of Schizophrenia -- Genetics -- Biochemical Findings -- Neurological Abnormalities in Schizophrenic Patients -- Psychological Testing for Schizophrenia -- Arousal -- Treatment -- Conclusion -- 4. Disorders of Cognitive Function -- Regional Syndromes -- Clinical Symptoms Associated with Frontal Lobe Dysfunction -- Clinical Symptoms Associated with Parietal Lobe Dysfunction.

Clinical Symptoms Associated with Temporal Lobe Dysfunction -- Other Symptoms of Cortical Dysfunction -- Aphasia -- Apraxia -- Agnosia -- Alexia and Agraphia -- Dysfunctions Associated with Severing the Corpus Callosum-Split Brains -- Diffuse Disorders of Cognitive Function-Delirium and Dementia -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Vascular Dementia -- Pick's Disease and Dementia of the Lewy Body Type -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Dementia -- Occult Hydrocephalus -- Cerebral White Matter Dysfunction and Cognitive Changes -- Depression in Dementia -- Neuropsychological Testing -- Cognitive Syndromes in Childhood -- Early Childhood Autism -- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- Conclusion -- 5. Movement, Mood, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders -- Parkinson's Disease -- Pathogenesis -- L-dopa -- Stages of Parkinson's Disease -- Protein Redistribution Diet -- Pharmacological Treatment -- Surgical Treatments -- Psychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease -- Etiology of Neurodegenerative Disorders -- Acute Drug-Induced Movement Disorders -- Tardive Movement Disorders -- Dystonia -- Dystonia and Mental Illness -- Chorea -- Treatment -- Motor Tics, Tourette's Syndrome, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Affective Disorders -- Biologic Changes in Affective Disorders -- Conclusion -- 6. Distinguishing Neurological from Psychiatric Symptoms -- Commonality of Neurological and Psychiatric Symptoms -- Panic Disorder/Hyperventilation as a Cause of Common Neurological Symptoms -- Somatization Disorder -- Unexplained Symptoms -- Conversion Disorders -- Specific Classical Conversion Symptoms -- Headache -- Conclusion -- 7. Clinical Evaluation -- The Importance of the Clinical History -- Neurological Conditions Commonly Associated with a High Incidence of Psychiatric Complications -- The Clinical Examination of the Brain -- Cortical Functions -- Cognitive Functions.

Behaviors Associated with the Frontal Lobes -- Evaluation of the Frontal Lobes -- Mental Status Examination -- Imaging -- Clinical Laboratory Tests -- Electroencephalography -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.