Clinical Neuropsychology ─ A Pocket Handbook for Assessment

This 27-chapter guide details the process of neuropsychological assessment and diagnosis for neurologic, neuropsychological, psychiatric, and behavioral disorders and syndromes, along with information on definitions and classification, functional neuroanatomy, treatment, integration, comorbidity, and other issues. Psychologists, neurologists, and others from North America and Australia also cover conceptual and practical issues, neurobehavioral examination, laboratory testing, structural and functional brain imaging, the assessment of performance and symptom validity and the diagnosis of malingering, and pediatric issues. This edition has been revised to reflect changes in the field and updates to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. It has new chapters on cultural neuropsychology, somatic symptom disorders, and drug abuse and impulse control disorders. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)