Developmental Disorders of the Brain

<p>Developmental Disorders of the Brain: Brain and Behaviour addresses disabilities that occur or have their roots in the early developmental phase of life which are of utmost concern to parents siblings carers and teachers.</p><p>This text describes the latest clinical and behavioral findings of disorders which largely or entirely involve the frontostriatal (basal ganglia) system including Tourette’s Obsessive-Compulsive and Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity disorders Schizophrenia Autism gambling and addiction depression and Conduct Developmental Motor Co-ordination and language disorders. Examples of disorders involving the frontocerebellar are also described such as Asperger’s disorder Williams Fragile X and Cerebellar Cognitive Affective syndromes and Friedreich Ataxia. This book also discusses the relevant anatomy physiology and pathology and some of the major functions mediated by affected or relevant structures together with accounts of the latest recording brain imaging and stimulating techniques related to these kinds of disorders.</p><p>Covering both frontostriatal and frontocerebellar systems which control and direct normal behavior and which can fail with often distressing consequences during development as well as addressing behavioural clinical pathophysiological and technical aspects this text is vital to understanding diagnosis and management of developmental disorders of the brain. This text will be of great interest to clinicians researchers teachers and parents.</p>