Practitioner’s Guide to Clinical Neuropsychology

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

The author has written an easily accessible summary of neuropsychological tests, neuropsychiatric disorders, and the relationships of test performance to disorder and treatment strategy. This ready reference provides neuropsychologists with an understanding of the medical context within which neuropsychological evaluation and psychosocial therapy takes place.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-06-30
Mått:178 x 254 x 23 mm
Vikt:764 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Issues in Neuropsychology
Antal sidor:393
Förlag:Springer Science+Business Media
ISBN:9780306446160

Utforska kategorier

Psykiatri inom Medicin
Neurologi och klinisk neurofysiologi inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

I. Introduction.- 1. Overview 2.- 2. Flexible Approaches.- 3. Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery.- 4. Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery.- 5. Neuropsychological Evaluations and Reports.- II. Factors that Influence Test Performance.- 6. Peripheral Motor and Sensory Impairments.- 7. Handedness.- 8. Aging.- 9. Education, Gender, and Ethnicity.- 10. Anxiety, Amotivation, and Fatigue.- III. Assessment Strategies and Instruments.- 11. Records Review.- 12. Interview.- 13. Behavioral Observations.- 14. Mental Status Evaluation.- 15. Orientation.- 16. Attention.- 17. Memory.- 18. Intelligence, General Knowledge, and Social Understanding.- 19. Speech and Language.- 20. Arithmetic.- 21. Visual-Spatial Functioning.- 22. Tactile Functioning.- 23. Motor Functioning.- 24. Executive Functioning.- 25. Malingering.- 26. Personality.- IV. Deficits, Competencies, and Disabilities.- 27. Deficit Determination.- 28. Self-Care and Independent Living.- 29. Driving.- 30. Academic and Vocational Functioning.- 31. Civil Competency Evaluations.- 32. Disability Evaluations.- V. Psychosocial Therapies.- 33. Coma Stimulation.- 34. Behavior Modification.- 35. Cognitive Rehabilitation.- 36. Psychotherapy: Individual, Family, and Group.- VI. Disorders.- 37. Closed Head Injury.- 38. Stroke.- 39. Epilepsy.- 40. Alzheimer’s Disease.- 41. Parkinson’s Disease.- 42. Multiple Sclerosis.- 43. Huntington’s Disease.- 44. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.- 45. Human Immunodeficiency Virus.- 46. Brain Tumors.- 47. Anoxia-Hypoxia.- 48. Alcohol.- 49. Drugs and Neurotoxins.- 50. Schizophrenia.- 51. Depression.- About the Author.