Clinical Neuropsychology: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Management for Clinicians

Product DescriptionClinical 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 chapterTackles both assessment issues and rehabilitationDistils findings from latest research and shows how they should be appliedWide range of applications, e.g. learning disabilities, ageing, problems in childrenReview“Overall, this highly diverse book is comprehensive in its brief review of theory, assessment, and intervention related to a variety of cognitive difficulties.”  (The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1 September 2013) From the Back CoverThis clear and accessible text provides trainee and qualified clinical psychologists with an up-to-date summary of neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation issues.Although often viewed as a speciality within Clinical Psychology, knowledge of neuropsychology and its applications is relevant to all areas of clinical work where patients are showing some change in their cognitive functioning. This edited volume focuses on what the clinician needs to know in order to assess the cognitive functioning of their client and to consider rehabilitation and treatment options.Readers will also find practical information concerning:newly developed neuroimaging techniquesthe effects of prescription and non-prescription drugs on cognitive functioningthe interface between neuropsychological assessment and psychiatric disorderspost-qualification training in clinical neuropsychologyrules governing medico-legal work in civil cases in the UKLaura H. Goldstein and Jane McNeil have many years of experience teaching neuropsychology to trainee and qualified clinical psychologists at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.