Overview

Clinical neuropsychology is one of the fastest growing specialities within mainstream clinical psychology, neurology and the psychiatric disciplines. This handbook is designed to provide a practical guide for those interested in the professional application of neuropsychology to clinical practice. The book is written and presented in a concise, structured and easy-to-read style. It covers the contribution that neuropsychological approaches can make to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a range of brain disorders, as well as addressing the special considerations when treating children and the elderly. The content is firmly anchored in contemporary neuroscientific techniques, focusing on the techniques of functional imaging, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry and cognitive rehabilitation. It also provides background information on laboratory and research techniques, as well as covering relevant neurology and psychiatry.

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Author:   Peter W. Halligan ,  Udo Kischka ,  John C. Marshall
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.580kg
ISBN:  

9780198508014

ISBN 10:   0198508018
Pages:   856
Publication Date:   14 August 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

PART 1: HISTORICAL CONTEXT; 1. Neuropsychology: past, present and future; PART 2: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES; 2. Basic concepts and principles of neuropsychological assessment; 3. The methodological and statistical foundations of neuropsychological assessment; 4. Principles of cognitive rehabilitation; PART 3: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS; 5. Assessment of attention; 6. The rehabilitation of attentional deficits; 7. Assessment of perceptual disorders; 8. Recovery and treatment of sensory perceptual disorders; 9. Neuropsychological assessment of memory disorders; 10. The natural recovery and treatment of learning and memory disorders; 11. Assessment and treatment of disorders of visuospatial, imaginal and constructional processes; 12. Assessing disorders of awareness and representation of body parts; 13. Assessment of acquired spoken language disorders; 14. Treatment of spoken language disorders; 15. Neuropsychological assessment and treatment of disorders of reading; 16. Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation of writing disorders; 17. Assessment of executive function; 18. The natural recovery and treatment of executive disorders; 19. Neuropsychological assessment and treatment of disorders of voluntary movement; 20. Assessment and treatment of calculation disorders; 21. Assessment and treatment of emotional disorders; 22. Assessment of rehabilitation of anosognosia and syndromes of impaired awareness; PART 4: DEVELOPMENTAL AND PAEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; 23. Neuropsychological assessment of developmental disorders; 24. The treatment and rehabilitation of paediatric/developmental neuropsychological disorders; PART 5: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; 25. Neuropsychopharmacology; PART 6: UNDERLYING MEDICAL DISORDERS; 26. The neuropsychology of vascular disorders; 27. Neuropsychological presentation and treatment of head injury and traumatic brain damage; 28. Neuropsychological presentation of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders; 29. Neuropsychological presentation and treatment of demyelinating disorders; 30. The neuropsychology of infectious and inflammatory brain disorders; 31. The neuropsychology of endocrine disorders; 32. Neuropsychological assessment and treatment of epilepsy; PART 7: NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS; 33. The clinical presentation of neuropsychiatric disorders; 34. The clinical assessment of neuropsychiatric disorders; 35. Neuropsychological rehabilitation of schizophrenia; 36. Treatment and rehabilitation of neuropsychiatric disorders; PART 8: FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; 37. Forensic issues in neuropsychology; PART 9: FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY; 38. Functional neuroanatomy of spatial perception, spatial processes and attention; 39. Functional neuroanatomy of learning and memory; 40. Functional neuroanatomy of language disorders; 41. Functional neuroanatomy of executive processes; PART 10: CLINICAL CONTEXT AND RESOURCES; 42. Clinical and laboratory examinations relevant to clinical neuropsychology; 43. Neuropsychological deficits within the World Health Organization's model of illness (ICIDH-2); 44. The internet and clinical neuropsychology

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