Neuropsychological evaluation of the older adult: a clinician's guidebook
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1. Verfasser: Green, Joanne (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: San Diego, CA Academic Press c2000
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-302) and index
Activities preceding patient arrival -- Clinical interview -- General principles and guidelines for formal testing -- Evaluation of general intellectual function, attention, executive function, verbal abilities, and visuospatial and visuoconstructive abilities -- Memory evaluation in older adults -- Neuropsychological profiles of common disorders affecting older adults I: Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration -- Neuropsychological profiles II: vascular disease, dementia with lewy bodies -- Neuropsychological profiles III: Parkinsonian disorders, corticobasal degeneration, Huntington's disease -- Neuropsychological profiles IV: traumatic brain injury, substance-related disorders, normal pressure hydrocephalus, metabolic and toxic disorders -- Assessment of depression during the neuropsychological evaluation -- Organizing and interpreting test findings -- Writing the evaluation report -- Providing feedback and planning follow-up services
One of the largest patient populations seen by neuropsychologists are older adults suffering from problems associated with aging. This book provides a guide to neuropsychological clinicians called upon to assess this population. It details the phases and considerations in performing a neuropsychological assessment of an older patient
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 311 p.)
ISBN:0080537464
0122981901
9780080537467
9780122981906

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