The Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology

ABOUT THIS BOOK

• Includes tables of assessment methods, thus assisting the reader in planning diagnostic sessions and in interpreting the results from diagnoses made by other neuropsychologists
• Features many photographs and illustrations of brain regions, helping the reader to understand and interpret neurological diagnoses and formulate neuropsychological diagnoses and treatment plans
• Contains tables of literature reviews, enabling the reader to keep abreast of recent developments, discoveries and the expanding knowledge base within the field

New to this edition

• Includes new chapters on motor speech disorders, and on anosognosia (new developments in the field). The entire book has been updated

The past 30 years have seen the field of clinical neuropsychology grow to become an influential discipline within mainstream clinical psychology and an established component of most professional courses. It remains one of the fastest growing specialities within mainstream clinical psychology, neurology, and the psychiatric disciplines. Substantially updated to take account of these rapid developments, the new edition of this successful handbook provides a practical guide for those interested in the professional application of neuropsychological approaches and techniques in clinical practice.

With chapters by world leading specialists, it demonstrates the contribution that neuropsychological approaches can make to the assessment, diagnosis, and range of treatments for cognitive disorders following brain damage, as well as addressing the special considerations when treating the elderly. As before, the book is divided into 10 sections, covering everything from methodological and conceptual issues, functional neuroanatomy, and the historical context. Throughout, the content draws on contemporary neuroscientific techniques, focusing on the methods of functional imaging, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry and cognitive rehabilitation. It also provides background information on laboratory and research techniques, as well as covering relevant neurology and psychiatry.

The book will be essential for trainee neuropsychologists, researchers students and teachers in the clinical and cognitive neurosciences/psychology, neurobiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists.

Readership: Trainees in neuropsychology and clinical psychology. researchers, Students in cognitive neuroscience and psychology, neurobiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists.

REVIEWS

Review(s) from previous edition

"This textbook provides an ambitious yet successful summary of current knowledge about the clinical neuropsychology of the major neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Remarkably, and marking its distinctiveness from other clinical neuropsychology texts, it goes beyond description to incorporate techniques for ameliorating and managing the functional impact of the disorders. This melding of theoretical and practical knowledge in neurology, neuropsychology, and neurorehabilitation will make it an essential text for the practising clinician. - Professor Catherine Mateer, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, BC, Canada

"Clinical neuropsychologists of all persuasions will find much of practical value and also much to fascinate them in this monumental volume. No other book on clinical neuropsychology comes close in scope or in depth. It will in particular be of inestimable value as a textbook for professional training courses in clinical neuropsychology" - Professor Max Coltheart, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1 - Historical context
1: John C. Marshall and Jennifer M. Gurd: Neuropsychology: past, present, and future

Part 2 - Methodological issues
2: Jonathan J. Evans: Basic concepts and principles of neuropsychological assessment
3: Klaus Willmes: The methodological and statistical foundations of neuropsychological assessment
4: Nicole D. Anderson, Ph.D. C.Psych., Gordon Winocur, Ph.D. and Heather Palmer, Ph.D.: Principles of cognitive rehabilitation

Part 3 - Neuropsychological Impairments
5: Joke Spikman and Ed van Zomeren: Assessment of attention
6: Tom Manly, Jessica Fish and Ian H Robertson: The Rehabilitation of Attention
7: L.D. Kartsounis: Assessment of perceptual disorders
8: C. Groh-Bordin, G. Kerkhoff: Recovery and treatment of sensory perceptual disorders
9: Veronica Bradley and Narinder Kapur: Neuropsychological assessment of memory disorders
10: Barbara A. Wilson: The natural recovery and treatment of learning and memory disorders
11: Lilianne Manning: Assessment and treatment of disorders of visuospatial, imaginal, and constructional processes
12: Carlo Semenza: Assessing disorders of awareness and representation of body parts
13: Claus-W.Wallesch, Helga Johannsen-Horbach & Gerhard Blanken: The assessment of acquired spoken language disorders
14: Nick Miller: Motor speech disorders: an overview
15: Jane Marshall: Treatment of spoken language disorders
16: J. Richard Hanley and Janice Kay: Neuropsychological Assessment and Treatment of Disorders of Reading
17: Pélagie M. Beeson, Ph.D. and Steven Z. Rapcsak, M.D.: Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation of writing disorders
18: Paul W. Burgess: Assessment of executive function
19: Andrew D Worthington: The Natural Recovery and Treatment of Executive Disorders
20: Georg Goldenberg: The neuropsychological assessment and treatment of disorders of voluntary movement
21: Marinella Cappelletti & Lisa Cipolotti: The neuropsychology of acquired calculation disorders
22: Guido Gainotti: Assessment and treatment of emotional disorders
23: Anne M. Aimola Davies and Rebekah C. White: Assessment of Anosognosia for Motor Impairments

Part 4 - Developmental and paediatric neuropsychology
24: Stephen Whitfield: Treatment and rehabilitation of paediatric/developmental neuropsychological disorders

Part 5 - Neuropsychopharmacology
25: C.M. Bradshaw: Neuropsychopharmacology

Part 6 - Underlying medical disorders
26: Clive Skilbeck: Vascular disorders
27: Nigel S. King & Dr. Andy Tyerman: Neuropsychological presentation and treatment of traumatic brain injury
28: Julie Snowden: The Neuropsychological Presentation of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
29: Peter A. Arnett & Amanda R. Rabinowitz: The Neuropsychological Presentation and Treatment of Demyelinating Disorders
30: David M. Erlanger, Ph.D., Geoffrey Tremont, Ph.D., Jennifer Duncan Davis, Ph.D.: The Neuropsychology of Endocrine Disorders
31: CM Thompson: The Epilepsies

Part 7 - Neuropsychiatric conditions
32: Ronan O'Carroll: Clinical presentation of neuropsychiatric disorders
33: Mervi Pitkanen, Eli J. Jaldow, and Michael D. Kopelman: The clinical assessment of neuropsychiatric disorders
34: Bjørn Rishovd Rund: Neuropsychological rehabilitation of schizophrenia
35: Laura H. Goldstein: Treatment and rehabilitation of neuropsychiatric disorders

Part 8 - Forensic neuropsychopharmacology
36: William W McKinlay, Michaela McGowan and Jane V Russell: Forensic issues in neuropsychology

Part 9 - Functional neuroanatomy
37: Gabriella Bottini, Eraldo Paulesu, Martina Gandola and Paola Invernizzi: Functional neuroanatomy of spatial perception, spatial processes and attention
38: Hans J. Markowitsch, Martina Piefke: The Functional Anatomy of Learning and Memory
39: Claudius Bartels and Claus-W. Wallesch: Functional neuroanatomy of language disorders
40: Joaquín M. Fuster: Functional neuroanatomy of executive process

Part 10 - Clinical context and resources
41: Udo Kischka: Clinical and laboratory examinations relevant to clinical neuropsychology
42: Derick T. Wade: Neuropsychological deficits within the World Health Organization's model of illness (ICIDH-2)
43: Vaughan Bell: The internet and clinical neuropsychology

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Edited by Jennifer Gurd, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Udo Kischka, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, and John Marshall, Formerly Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford