Buch, Englisch, 393 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 764 g
Buch, Englisch, 393 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 764 g
Reihe: Critical Issues in Neuropsychology
ISBN: 978-0-306-44616-0
Verlag: Springer US
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.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
