Neuropsychological Assessment

Description:

Now in its Fifth Edition, Neuropsychological Assessment reviews the major neurobehavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction and injury. This is the 35th anniversary of the landmark first edition. As with previous editions, this edition provides a comprehensive coverage of the field of adult clinical neuropsychology in a single source. By virtue of the authors' clinical and research specializations, this book provides a broad-based and in-depth coverage of current neuroscience research and clinical neuropsychology practice. While the new edition is updated to include new features and topics, it remains true to the highly-regarded previous editions. Methods for obtaining optimum data are given in the form of hypothesis-testing techniques, clinical tips, and clinical examples. In the seven years since the previous edition, many advancements have been made in techniques for examining brain function and in our knowledge about brain-behavior relationships. For example, a surge of functional imaging data has emerged and new structural imaging techniques have provided exquisite detail about brain structure. For the first time, this edition includes examples of these advancements, many in stunning color. This edition also includes new tools for clinicians such as a neuroimaging primer and a comparison table of the neuropsychological features of progressive dementias. The chapters on assessment procedures include discussion of issues related to test selection and reviews of recently published as well as older test batteries used in general neuropsychological assessment, plus newly developed batteries for specific issues.

Table of Contents:

1.    List of Figures

2.    List of Tables

3.    I: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

4.    1. THE PRACTICE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

5.    EXAMINATION PURPOSES

6.    THE VALIDITY OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

7.    WHAT CAN WE EXPECT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY?

8.    2. BASIC CONCEPTS

9.    EXAMINING THE BRAIN

10.  NEUROPSYCHOLOGY’S CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION

11.  CONCERNING TERMINOLOGY

12.  DIMENSIONS OF BEHAVIOR

13.  COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS

14.  CLASSES OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS

15.  EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

16.  PERSONALITY/EMOTIONALITY VARIABLES

17.  3. THE BEHAVIORAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRAIN

18.  BRAIN PATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION

19.  THE CELLULAR SUBSTRATE

20.  THE STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN

21.  THE CEREBRAL CORTEX AND BEHAVIOR

22.  FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE POSTERIOR CORTEX

23.  FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ANTERIOR CORTEX

24.  CLINICAL LIMITATIONS OF FUNCTIONAL LOCALIZATION

25.  4. THE RATIONALE OF DEFICIT MEASUREMENT

26.  COMPARISON STANDARDS FOR DEFICIT MEASUREMENT

27.  THE MEASUREMENT OF DEFICIT

28.  THE BEST PERFORMANCE METHOD

29.  THE DEFICIT MEASUREMENT PARADIGM

30.  5. THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION: PROCEDURES

31.  CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EXAMINATION

32.  CONDUCT OF THE EXAMINATION

33.  PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

34.  MAXIMIZING THE PATIENT’S PERFORMANCE LEVEL

35.  CONSTRUCTIVE ASSESSMENT

36.  6. THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION: INTERPRETATION

37.  THE NATURE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION DATA

38.  EVALUATION OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION DATA

39.  INTEGRATED INTERPRETATION

40.  7. NEUROPATHOLOGY FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS

41.  TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

42.  CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS

43.  VASCULAR DISORDERS

44.  DEMENTING DISORDERS

45.  DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS

46.  CORTICAL DEMENTIAS

47.  SUBCORTICAL DEMENTIAS

48.  OTHER PROGRESSIVE DISORDERS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM WHICH MAY HAVE IMPORTANT NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS

49.  TOXIC CONDITIONS

50.  INFECTIOUS PROCESSES

51.  BRAIN TUMORS

52.  OXYGEN DEPRIVATION

53.  METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

54.  NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES

55.  8. NEUROBEHAVIORAL VARIABLES AND DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES

56.  LESION CHARACTERISTICS

57.  TIME

58.  SUBJECT VARIABLES

59.  PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: RACE, CULTURE, AND ETHNICITY

60.  PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES

61.  PROBLEMS OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

62.  II: A COMPENDIUM OF TESTS AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES

63.  9. ORIENTATION AND ATTENTION

64.  ORIENTATION

65.  ATTENTION, PROCESSING SPEED, AND WORKING MEMORY

66.  10. PERCEPTION

67.  VISUAL PERCEPTION

68.  AUDITORY PERCEPTION

69.  TACTILE PERCEPTION

70.  OLFACTION

71.  11. MEMORY I: TESTS

72.  EXAMINING MEMORY

73.  VERBAL MEMORY

74.  VISUAL MEMORY

75.  TACTILE MEMORY

76.  INCIDENTAL LEARNING

77.  PROSPECTIVE MEMORY

78.  REMOTE MEMORY

79.  FORGETTING

80.  12. MEMORY II: BATTERIES, PAIRED MEMORY TESTS, AND QUESTIONNAIRES

81.  MEMORY BATTERIES

82.  PAIRED MEMORY TESTS

83.  MEMORY QUESTIONNAIRES

84.  13. VERBAL FUNCTIONS AND LANGUAGE SKILLS

85.  APHASIA

86.  VERBAL EXPRESSION

87.  VERBAL COMPREHENSION

88.  VERBAL ACADEMIC SKILLS

89.  14. CONSTRUCTION AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE

90.  DRAWING

91.  ASSEMBLING AND BUILDING

92.  MOTOR SKILLS

93.  15. CONCEPT FORMATION AND REASONING

94.  CONCEPT FORMATION

95.  REASONING

96.  MATHEMATICAL PROCEDURES

97.  16. EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

98.  THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

99.  17. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT BATTERIES

100.               ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT

101.               BATTERIES DEVELOPED FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

102.               BATTERIES FOR ASSESSING SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

103.               SCREENING BATTERIES FOR GENERAL USE

104.               COMPUTERIZED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT BATTERIES

105.               18. OBSERVATIONAL METHODS, RATING SCALES, AND INVENTORIES

106.               THE MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION

107.               RATING SCALES AND INVENTORIES

108.               DEMENTIA EVALUATION

109.               TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

110.               EPILEPSY PATIENT EVALUATIONS

111.               QUALITY OF LIFE

112.               PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS

113.               19. TESTS OF PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING

114.               OBJECTIVE TESTS OF PERSONALITY AND EMOTIONAL STATUS

115.               PROJECTIVE PERSONALITY TESTS

116.               20. TESTING FOR EFFORT, RESPONSE BIAS, AND MALINGERING

117.               RESEARCH CONCERNS

118.               TEST BATTERIES AND OTHER MULTIPLE TEST SETS

119.               BATTERIES AND TEST SETS DEVELOPED FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

120.               SPECIAL TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS RESPONSE VALIDITY

121.               SELF-REPORT INVENTORIES AND QUESTIONNAIRES

122.               APPENDIX A: Neuroimaging Primer

123.               APPENDIX B: Test Publishers and Distributors

124.               References

125.               Test Index

126.               Subject Index