- xxiii, 804 p.
Cote : WL 13 N776e 2012
Maladies mentales ; Système nerveux - Maladies ; Neuropsychologie
This book serves as an A to Z reference that adresses the neuropsychological aspects of nearly 300 neurological disorders. Each entry contains 5 sections that cover (1) essential features of the disorder, (2) physiological basis of the disorder, (3) clinical presentation, (4) neuropsychological assessment and differential diagnosis, and (5) evidence-based treaments and interventions. This book is written for clinical professionals to helps increase accurate diagnoses and successful interventions. This reference goes beyond the emotional and behavioral aspects of each disorder and views the broader impacts of the symptoms. This approach emphasizes the importantce of looking at the other functional impacts of these manifestations, including cognitive deficits. The emphasis on neuropsychological assessment and treatment of disorders as well as the inclusion of conditions that occur across the lispan makes this the most comprehensive resource available to clinical neuropsychologists, psychologists, neurologists, and other health professionals.
Key features: presents nearly 300 conveniently strutured entries providing the description, patholophysiology, neuropsychological presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of each disorder ; covers neurological disorders across the lifespan (pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations) ; includes valuable, hard-to-finf information on cyndromes that most clinicians may not frequently encounter, in addition to coverage of the most commonly occurring disorders.
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