The Neuropsychology Casebook - copertina rigida, flessible

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780387966816
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0387966811
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Anno di pubblicazione: 1988
Editore: Springer

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ISBN/EAN: 9780387966816

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Autore del libro : orsini

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Autore: Donna L. Orsini; Wilfred G. Van Gorp; Kyle B. Boone
Titolo: The Neuropsychology Casebook
Editore: Springer; Springer US
270 Pagine
Anno di pubblicazione: 1988-07-12
New York; NY; US
Peso: 0,560 kg
Lingua: Inglese
85,55 € (DE)
87,95 € (AT)
106,60 CHF (CH)
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BB; Book; Hardcover, Softcover / Psychologie; Psychologie; Verstehen; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Syndrom; neuropsychology; hyperactivity; psychology; dementia; attention; diagnosis; Alzheimer; cerebrovascular disease; depression; Behavioral Science and Psychology; B; Psychology, general; Psychiatry; Neurology; Rehabilitation; Psychiatrie; Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie; Rehabilitation; BC; EA

1 Head Injury.- Types of Head Injury.- Coup and Contrecoup Effects in Closed Head Injury.- Shearing/Tearing Effects.- Medical Complications Producing Focal Damage in Closed Head Injury: Hematomas.- Prognostic Factors: Coma and Post-Traumatic Amnesia.- Conclusions.- Case 1: Closed Head Injury Implicating Frontal Dysfunction.- Case 2: Open Head Injury Associated with Frontal Lobe Dysfunction.- Case 3: Open Head Injury Associated with Frontal Lobe Dysfunction.- Case 4: Closed Head Injury Associated with Multiple Cognitive Deficits.- Commentary on Head Injury Cases.- 2 Cerebrovascular Disease.- Case 1: Bilateral Occipitotemporal Hemorrhage.- Case 2: Wernicke’s Aphasia.- Case 3: Multiple CVAs.- Case 4: Right Hemisphere CVA.- Commentary on Cerebrovascular Disease Cases.- 3 Dementia.- Neurospsychology and Normal Aging.- Pathologic Aging: Dementia.- Acute Confusional State.- Cortical Dementias.- Alzheimer’s Disease.- Pick’s Disease.- Subcortical Dementias.- Mixed Dementias and Multi-Infarct Dementia.- The Dementia Syndrome of Depression.- Summary.- Case 1: Basal Ganglia Calcification Producing Subcortical Dementia.- Case 2: Progressive Dementing Disorder.- Case 3: Multi-Infarct Dementia.- Commentary on Dementia Cases.- 4 Epilepsy.- Intellectual Scores.- Neuropsychological Findings.- Effects of Anticonvulsant Medication.- Pseudoseizures.- Prediction of Future Functioning.- Personality Functioning.- Summary.- Case 1: Seizures Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis.- Case 2: Severe Seizure Disorder with Marked Cognitive Deterioration.- Case 3: Seizure Disorder Associated with Psychosis.- Commentary on Epilepsy Cases.- 5 Brain Tumors, Cysts, and Abscesses.- Case 1: Third Ventricle Tumor.- Case 2: Right Parietal Osteoma.- Case 3: Bilateral Frontal Cysts.- Commentary on Brain Tumor Cases.- 6 Long-Term Alcohol Abuse.- Neuropsychological Sequelae of the Early and Middle Phases of Alcohol Abuse.- Korsakoff’s Disease.- Alcohol Dementia.- Summary.- Case 1: Chronic Alcohol Abuse.- Case 2: Documented Intellectual Decline Following Chronic Alcohol Abuse: A Probable Alcohol Dementia.- Case 3: Korsakoff’s Syndrome.- Commentary on Alcohol-Abuse Cases.- 7 Adult Presentation of Learning Disorders.- Differential Diagnosis.- Adult Presentation.- General Cognitive Pattern of Learning Disorders in Adults.- Specific Neuropsychological Functioning.- Summary.- Case 1: Residual Signs of a Developmental Learning Disorder.- Case 2: Residual Signs of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Case 3: Residual Learning Disorder with Compensation.- Commentary on Learning Disorder Cases.- 8 Conscious or Nonconscious Feigning of Deficits.- Neuropsychological Literature on Feigning of Cognitive Deficits.- Test Procedures Designed to Detect Malingering.- A Note of Caution.- Summary.- Case 1: Malingering.- Case 2: Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition.- Case 3: Probable Somatization Disorder.- Commentary on Feigning of Deficits Cases.- Author Index.