Goldstein L.H., MacNeil Jane E. Clinical Neuropsychology: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Management for Clinicians

Wiley-Blackwell, 2003. — 446 p.Clinical Neuropsychology A Practical Guide to Assessment and Management for Clinicians shows how knowledge of neuropsychological applications is relevant and useful to a wide range of clinicians. It provides a link between recent advances in neuroimaging, neurophysiology and neuroanatomy and how these discoveries may best be used by clinicians.
Anyone working with clients whose cognitive functioning shows some change and who needs to assess and make recommendations about rehabilitation and management will find this book essential reading.Practical focus on what is important for clinicians in each chapter
Tackles both assessment issues and rehabilitation
Distils findings from latest research and shows how they should be applied
Wide range of applications, e.g. learning disabilities, ageing, problems in childrenReaders will also find practical information concerning:
newly developed neuroimaging techniques
the effects of prescription and non–prescription drugs on cognitive functioning
the interface between neuropsychological assessment and psychiatric disorders
post–qualification training in clinical neuropsychology
rules governing medico–legal work in civil cases in the UK