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Neuropsychological evaluation of the older adult : a clinician's guidebook /
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 neuropsycholog...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, CA :
Academic Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.