Practitioner's Guide to Clinical Neuropsychology / Edition 1

by Robert M. Anderson Jr.

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306446160
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	06/30/1994
Series:	Critical Issues in Neuropsychology
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	393
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Anderson, Robert M., Jr., PhD (Univ of Hawaii)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Bryan A. Bernard, PhD (Rush Medical College of Rush University)
Description: This is a concise yet comprehensive guide to the practice of clinical neuropsychology. The book describes both a wide variety of neuropsychological tests as well as common neurobehavioral disorders.
Purpose: The purpose is to integrate neuropsychological assessment techniques, neuropsychiatric disorders, and treatment planning. The book emphasizes the increasing applications of information derived from neuropsychological evaluations and the expanding role of the neuropsychologist as a health care provider.
Audience: The book is targeted for practicing neuropsychologists and students of neuropsychology. The author appears knowledgeable and credible in the field of adult clinical neuropsychology.
Features: This book provides a large amount of information in a concise, clear, and well-organized format. The interested reader is directed to more detailed information through a large number of relevant and current references.
Assessment: This is an informative handbook for both clinicians and students of neuropsychology. It provides an overview of a wide variety of cognitive tests as well as neuropsychiatric disorders commonly seen in a medical setting. It also covers issues not typically found in other neuropsychological texts, such as the effect of noncognitive factors on test performance and the implications of test findings for everyday abilities. This book will be a valuable resource for almost anyone who is involved in the practice of clinical neuropsychology.

Doody's Review Service

3 Stars from Doody

This is a concise yet comprehensive guide to the practice of clinical neuropsychology. The book describes both a wide variety of neuropsychological tests as well as common neurobehavioral disorders. The purpose is to integrate neuropsychological assessment techniques, neuropsychiatric disorders, and treatment planning. The book emphasizes the increasing applications of information derived from neuropsychological evaluations and the expanding role of the neuropsychologist as a health care provider. The book is targeted for practicing neuropsychologists and students of neuropsychology. The author appears knowledgeable and credible in the field of adult clinical neuropsychology. This book provides a large amount of information in a concise, clear, and well-organized format. The interested reader is directed to more detailed information through a large number of relevant and current references. This is an informative handbook for both clinicians and students of neuropsychology. It provides an overview of a wide variety of cognitive tests as well as neuropsychiatric disorders commonly seen in a medical setting. It also covers issues not typically found in other neuropsychological texts, such as the effect of noncognitive factors on test performance and the implications of test findings for everyday abilities. This book will be a valuable resource for almost anyone who is involved in the practice of clinical neuropsychology.

Bryan A. Bernard

A concise, practical reference for clinicians and students, providing an accessible overview of neuropsychological tests and assessment techniques, neuropsychiatric disorders, and the relationships of test performance to these disorders and treatment recommendations. The text concludes with a series of appendices, including statistical equivalencies and performance classifications, and a format for a neuropsychological interview form. Comb binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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