| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-302) and index. |
| Contents |
Activities preceding patient arrival -- Clinical interview -- General principles and guidelines for formal testing -- Evaluation of general intellectual function, attention, executive function, verbal abilities, and visuospatial and visuoconstructive abilities -- Memory evaluation in older adults -- Neuropsychological profiles of common disorders affecting older adults I: Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration -- Neuropsychological profiles II: vascular disease, dementia with lewy bodies -- Neuropsychological profiles III: Parkinsonian disorders, corticobasal degeneration, Huntington's disease -- Neuropsychological profiles IV: traumatic brain injury, substance-related disorders, normal pressure hydrocephalus, metabolic and toxic disorders -- Assessment of depression during the neuropsychological evaluation -- Organizing and interpreting test findings -- Writing the evaluation report -- Providing feedback and planning follow-up services. |
| Summary |
One of the largest patient populations seen by neuropsychologists are older adults suffering from problems associated with aging. This book provides a guide to neuropsychological clinicians called upon to assess this population. It details the phases and considerations in performing a neuropsychological assessment of an older patient. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Neuropsychological tests -- Evaluation.
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Neuropsychological tests -- Evaluation. |
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Neuropsychological tests. |
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Brain damage -- Diagnosis.
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Brain damage -- Diagnosis. |
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Older people -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.
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Older people -- Diseases. |
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Diagnosis. |
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Neuropsychological Tests. |
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Aged. |
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Dementia -- diagnosis. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Green, Joanne, 1948- Neuropsychological evaluation of the older adult. San Diego, CA : Academic Press, ©2000 9780122981906 (DLC) 99068194 (OCoLC)43853880 |
| ISBN |
9780080537467 (electronic book) |
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0080537464 (electronic book) |
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9780122981906 |
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0122981901 |
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