Practitioner’s Guide to Clinical Neuropsychology

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Springer Science & Business Media, 1994 M06 30 - 393 páginas
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.
 

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Overview
2
Flexible Approaches
5
HalsteadReitan Neuropsychological Battery
7
LuriaNebraska Neuropsychological Battery
10
Neuropsychological Evaluations and Reports
12
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TEST PERFORMANCE
17
Peripheral Motor and Sensory Impairments
18
Handedness
23
Academic and Vocational Functioning
184
Civil Competency Evaluations
187
Disability Evaluations
189
PSYCHOSCIAL THERAPIES
193
Coma Stimulation
194
Behavior Modification
196
Cognitive Rehabilitation
203
Psychotherapy Individual Family and Group
213

Aging
26
Education Gender and Ethnicity
31
Anxiety Amotivation and Fatigue
35
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES AND INSTRUMENTS
39
Records Review
41
Interview
48
Behavioral Observations
50
Mental Status Evaluation
51
Orientation
54
Attention
57
Memory
66
Intelligence General Knowledge and Social Understanding
82
Speech and Language
87
Arithmetic
117
VisualSpatial Functioning
121
Tactile Functioning
138
Motor Functioning
144
Executive Functioning
151
Malingering
164
Personality
169
DEFICITS COMPETENCIES AND DISABILITIES
173
Deficit Determination
174
SelfCare and Independent Living
178
Driving
182
DISORDERS
219
Closed Head Injury
221
Stroke
237
Epilepsy
248
Alzheimers Disease
261
Parkinsons Disease
271
Multiple Sclerosis
278
Huntingtons Disease
285
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
290
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
293
Brain Tumors
304
AnoxiaHypoxia
316
Alcohol
328
Drugs and Neurotoxins
336
Schizophrenia
345
Depression
355
Performance Classifications and Statistics
363
Neuropsychological Interview Form
367
Test Abbreviations
371
Test Sources
375
Index
377
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