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Neuropsychology for Lawyers and Health Science Professionals by Robert J. Sbordone & Ronald E. Saul
This volume seeks to simplify the field of neuropsychology for practising attorneys who handle cases involving brain damage or post-traumatic stress disorders. It provides information on the field, including its origins and historical development, its purpose, use and theoretical foundations.Regardless of your specialty - physician, psychologist, nurse, rehabilitation specialist, or attorney -post-traumatic stress disorder cases and brain injury cases are arguably the most difficult to understand, treat, and evaluate. All of the tools you need are in the new Neuropsychology for Health Care Professionals and Attorneys, Second Edition.I t containsoAn easy-to-understand description of the neuroanatomy of the brainoFour chapters devoted to neurobehavioral disorders such as amnesia, attentional deficits, delirium, dementia, disorders of executive functions of the brain, electrical injury, hypoxic encephalopathy, neurotoxic encephalopathy, learning disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), post-concussive syndrome, seizure disorders, and othersoA detailed description of neuropsychological assessment, including a critique of approximately 80 neuropsychological tests: their intended use, purpose, administration, sensitivity to brain damage, reliability, validity, strengths, and limitationsoHow factors such as medical illness, medication, psychiatric disorders, stress, anxiety, culture, language, suboptimal motivation, and pre-existing neurological disorders can alter test performance oWays to determine whether the neuropsychological test results are consistent with brain damage or due to non-neurological factorsoA discussion of how the use of test norms can result in the misdiagnosis of brain damageoA critical review of actual neuropsychological reportsoA glossary of neuropsychological and neurological terms |
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| Author(s) : Robert J. Sbordone | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0849302048 | ISBN-13 : 9780849302046 |
| RRP : £92.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 22/06/2000
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Ltd
Page Length : 512mm
Page Size : 248mm