The Little Black Book of Neuropsychology

A Syndrome-Based Approach

Michael Schoenberg, James Scott (Herausgeber)

Online Resource

XIX, 1092 Seiten

2026 | 2. Second Edition 2026
Springer International Publishing (Hersteller)
978-3-032-07777-6 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Part I: Neuropsychology – General Issues: The Neuropsychological Referral.- Medical Records.- Basic Neuroanatomy.- Basic components of a Neuropsychological Evaluation.- Part II: Neuropsychological Domains: Arousal: The drowsy, lethargic, or stuporous patient.- Attention/Concentration Problems: The distractible patient.- Inattention/Neglect Syndromes.- Language Problems.- Learning and Memory: The Forgetful Patient.- Visuospatial/Visuoconstructional Problems.- Apraxias.- Agnosias.- Executive Functions (problem solving, abstraction, sequencing, inhibition, self-monitoring, planning, and initiation).- Emotional/Mood.- Episodic Neurological Dysfunction.- Part III: Specific Neurological Diseases: Aphasia.- Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke.- Dementia.- Seizures/Epilepsy.- Somatization Disorders, blackout spells, fits/convulsions.- Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders.- Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Disorders.- Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion.- Infections.- Neoplasms/Neoplastic Syndromes .- Psychiatric – depression and anxiety.- Part IV: Special Considerations: Medicolegal exposure.- Reporting Test performance/scores.- Limitations.- Answering Referral Questions.- Placement issues.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.1.2026
• Reihe/Serie: Behavioral Science and Psychology
• Reihe/Serie: Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 1092 p. 204 illus., 59 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Brain-behavior relationships • Cognition • cognitive assessment • Neuropsychology • Neuroscience
• ISBN-10: 3-032-07777-X / 303207777X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-032-07777-6 / 9783032077776
• Zustand: Neuware