Auteur : Pantelis, Christos / Nelson, Hazel E. / Barnes, Thomas R.E.

Maison d'édition : Wiley

Date de publication : 1996

Collation : xi, 470 p.

ISBN : 0471966444

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Part A : Introduction
1. Overview : towards a neuropsychology of schizophrenia -- 2. The cognitive disorder of psychiatric illness : a historical perspective -- 3. Methodological issues in the neuropsychological approach to schizophrenia
Part B : Specific deficits of cognitive function in schizophrenia
4. Intellectual functioning in schizophrenia : natural history -- 5. Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia : attention, executive functions, memory and language processing -- 6. Neuropsychology of visual attentional deficits in schizophrenia -- 7. Memory dysfunction in schizophrenia -- 8. Lateralised dysfunction in necessary but not sufficient to account for neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia -- 9. Neuropsychological functioning in children at risk for schizophrenia
Part C : Cgnitive impairments in schizophrenia and their correlates
10.The pathogenesis of thought disorder -- 11. Neuropsychological correlates of positive symptoms : delusions and hallucinations -- 12. Abnormal involuntary movements in schizophrenia and their association with cognitive impairment -- 13. Neuropsychology of eye movement abnormalities in schizophrenia -- 14. Structural neuroimaging and neuropsychological impairments -- 15. Syndromes in schizophrenia and their neuropsychological and neuroanatomical correlates
Part D : Neuropsychological models of schizophrenia
16. Neurocognitive and neurobehavioral patterns and the syndromes of schizophrenia : role of frontal-subcortical networks -- 17. The neuropsychology and neurophenomenology of auditory hallucinations -- 18. A cognitive basis for the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia -- 19. Problems of person percpetion in schizophrenia
Part E : Treatment and cognitive impairments
20. Medication and cognitive functioning in schizophrenia -- 21. Treatment strategies for the remediation of neurocognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

Résumé : This invaluable book brings together current knowledge from the diverse areas of neuropsychology and discusses their implications for the management and treatment of schizophrenia. Topics covered include the effect of treatment on cognitive functioning, clinicopathological correlates of cognitive deficits, brain scanning techniques and dementia in schizophrenia.

Mots-clés : Schizophrénie / Troubles de la cognition / Tests neuropsychologiques

Cote : WM 203 S337 1996