Little Black Book of Neuropsychology

Mike R. Schoenberg, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed a two year post-doctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and an internship at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita. He provides academic instruction and supervision in clinical neuropsychology to medical students and psychology trainees, and conducts research in clinical neuropsychology. James G. Scott, Ph.D., ABPP-Cn is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He completed two years of postdoctoral training in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and an internship at Tulane University Medical School. He is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in clinical neuropsychology and provides academic instruction and supervision to medical students and psychology trainees in clinical neuropsychology and conducts research in clinical neuropsychology.

From the book reviews:“This text has allowed me to get a really good comprehensive source reference when preparing for assessments and during the write up. It was also a very good refresher for main neuropsychological concepts. … This is another great quick reference guide to have on my bookshelf at work … . I would highly recommend this text for any graduate student studying neuropsychology or any medical student studying neuro.” (CouragePsyc, couragepsyc.blogspot.com.au, July, 2014)

• Part I: Neuropsychology – General Issues: The Neuropsychological Referral.- Medical Records.- Basic Neuroanatomy.- Basic components of a Neuropsychological Evaluation.- Part II: Neuropsychological Domains: Arousal: The drowsy, lethargic, or stuporous patient.- Attention/Concentration Problems: The distractible patient.- Inattention/Neglect Syndromes.- Language Problems.- Learning and Memory: The Forgetful Patient.- Visuospatial/Visuoconstructional Problems.- Apraxias.- Agnosias.- Executive Functions (problem solving, abstraction, sequencing, inhibition, self-monitoring, planning, and initiation).- Emotional/Mood.- Episodic Neurological Dysfunction.- Part III: Specific Neurological Diseases: Aphasia.- Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke.- Dementia.- Seizures/Epilepsy.- Somatization Disorders, blackout spells, fits/convulsions.- Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders.- Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Disorders.- Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion.- Infections.- Neoplasms/Neoplastic Syndromes .- Psychiatric – depression and anxiety.- Part IV: Special Considerations: Medicolegal exposure.- Reporting Test performance/scores.- Limitations.- Answering Referral Questions.- Placement issues.