Synopses & Reviews
A 1996 survey of the members of the American Board of Professional Psychology Diplomates, published by The Clinical Neuropsychologist journal, selected the first edition of this book as one of the "Essential Books and Journals in North American Clinical Neuropsychology"--a list which included only 10 other titles! The Second Edition has improved further on this high standard. While the authors have retained the same general structure--with the addition of a set of three chapters on psychosocial outcomes--virtually the entire book has been rewritten and thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in this area of knowledge. Part I features new chapters on the Iowa-Benton approach, on cognitive screening methods, and on computers and memory. Part II has been expanded with new chapters on Tourette's syndrome, acute and chronic hypoxemia, HIV infection, schizophrenia, Huntington's disease, and an expanded chapter on Parkinson's disease. Part III is entirely new, and it focuses on life quality outcome in head injury and pulmonary disease. Considerably enlarged in size, this book will remain the basic reference on the neuropsychological aspects of diseases affecting brain and behavior.
Synopsis
This unique text combines a timely review of the methods of assessment used by major neuropsychological laboratories with an up-to-date discussion of neuropsychiatric disorders. The contributors discuss the rationale behind each assessment strategy, stressing the importance of gathering evidence from a number of complementary tests and procedures, and consider neuropsychological findings as seen in the most frequently occurring neurologic/psychiatric disorders: dementia, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy, losed head injury, schizophrenia, and drug abuse. Both clinical aspects and research findings are covered, with an integration of theory with practice where possible. The book provides a rich source of information for psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and other professionals concerned with adult behavior.
About the Author
Igor Grant, M.D., F.R.C.P., is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego, and Assistant Chief of Psychiatry, San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center. Kenneth M. Adams, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Chief, Psychology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
Table of Contents
I. Methods of Comprehensive Neuropsychological Assessment
1. Theoretical, Methodological, and Validational Bases of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery, R.M. Reitan and D. Wolfson
2. The Analytical Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment, P. McKenna and E.K. Warrington
3. The Boston Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment, W.P. Milberg, N. Hebben, and E. Kaplan
4. The Iowa-Benton School of Neuropsychological Assessment, D. Tranel
5. Computers and Memory, G.J. Larrabee and T.H. Crook, III
6. Cognitive Screening Methods: Structured Mental Status Measures--Validity and Reliability, M. Mitrushina and P.A. Fuld
II. Neuropsychiatric Disorders
7. Demographic Influences on Neuropsychological Test Performance, R.K. Heaton, L. Ryan, I. Grant, and C.G. Matthews
8. The Neuropsychology of Dementia, M.W. Bondi, D.P. Salmon, and A.W. Kaszniak
9. Cogntive Impairment and Major Depression: Beyond the Pseudodementia Syndrome, D.A. King and E.D. Caine
10. The Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology of Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome, M.M. Robertson and S. Baron-Cohen
11. The Neuropsychology of Memory Dysfunction and Its Assessment, L.R. Squire and A. Shimamura
12. Neuropsychological Aspects of Epilepsy, P.J. Thompson and M.R. Trimble
13. Neuropsychological Aspects of Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism, S. McPherson and J.L. Cummings
14. Neuropsychological Aspects of Huntington's Disease, J. Brandt and N. Butters
15. The Effects of Cerebral Vascular Disease on Neuropsychological Functioning, G.G. Brown, A.D. Baird, M.W. Shatz and R.A. Bornstein
16. The Neuropsychological Correlates of Acute and Chronic Hypoxemia, S.B. Rourke and K.M. Adams
17. Neuropsychological Findings in HIV Infection and AIDS, M.D. Kelly, I. Grant, R.K. Heaton, T.D. Marcotte, and the HNRC Group
18. Neurobehavioral Correlates of Alcoholism, S.B. Rourke and T. Loberg
19. Neuropsychological Consequences of Drug Abuse, A.S. Carlin and S. O'Malley
20. Neuropsychological Aspects of Schizophrenia, R.S. Goldman, B.N. Axelrod and S.F. Taylor
III. Psychosocial Consequences of Neuropsychological Impairment
21. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Beyond Cognitive Assessment, S.H. Putnam, S.R. Millis and K.M. Adams
22. Life Quality Outcome in Head Injury, S. Dikmen, J. Machamer, T. Savoie and N. Temkin
23. The Relationship of Neuropsychological Functioning to Health-Related Quality of Life in Systemic Medical Disease: The Example of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, A.J. McSweeny and K.T. Labuhn