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1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Chapter 1. Introduction to cognitive screening; Why cognitive screening?; Who to screen?; Obstacles to screening; Qualities of an ideal screening test; Definitions of psychometric properties; References; Chapter 2. Permorbid intellectual functioning; Intelligence; Premorbid IQ; The National Adult Reading Test; Korsakoff's syndrome; Huntington's disease; Schizophrenia; Depression; Traumatic brain injury; Glioma; Abbreviated NART; Other methods for assessing premorbid IQ |
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Cambridge Contextual Reading TestDemographic variables; WAIS subscales; Combining measures; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Mini Mental State examination; History of the development of the MMSE; Analyses and modifications of the MMSE; The standardized MMSE; Setting up; The comprehensive review of the MMSE by Tombaugh and McIntyre; Analyses of individual items; Modified MMSE; Age- and education-correlated cut-off scores; Summary; References; Appendix 3.1 Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); Chapter 4. The Clock Drawing Test; Cognitive and methodological issues; Original scoring systems |
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Replication studiesCultural, ethnic and linguistic considerations; Predictive validity; Clock drawing and other neuropsychiatric conditions; Executive cognitive screening; CLOX: 'The executive clock drawing task'; Delirium; Vascular dementia; Stroke; Parkinson's disease; White matter lesions; Huntington's disease; Discussion; References; Appendix 4.1 (reproduced from Royall, 1995, with permission from The BMJ Publishing Group); Chapter 5. Tests of frontal lobe function; Frontal anatomy; The motor and premotor systems; Frontal eye fields; Broca's area; The prefrontal cortex |
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Frontal tests: an anatomical taxonomyDorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Language; Memory; Attention; The ventral prefrontal cortex; Frontal lobe clinical batteries; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Short cognitive screening tests and batteries; Abbreviated Mental Test; Trail Making Test and the Verbal Fluency Test; Short Blessed Test; Memory Impairment Screen; Short Test of Mental Status; Time and Change Test; Telling time task; Making change task; Brief screening batteries; The '7 Minute Screen'; The Mini-Cog; The GPCOG; Telephone cognitive screens; Conclusion; References; Appendix 6.1 |
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Appendix 6.2Appendix 6.3; Scoring guidelines; Chapter 7. Informant questionnaires; IQCODE; DECO (Deterioration Cognitive Observee); Combining cognitive testing and informant reports; References; Appendix 7.1; Chapter 8. Neuroimaging correlates of cognitive dysfunction; Case report 1; Case report 2; Case report 3; Neuropsychological testing; References; Appendix 8.1; Chapter 9. Clinical vignettes; Case 1 'Clock drawing and recovery from delirium'; Summary; Case 2 'Cognitive screening vs detailed neuropsychiatric assessment in a complex case'; Brief cognitive screening (2000-2003) |
| Summary |
Cognitive screening tests are essential instruments for clinicians working with patients suffering from dementias, brain injury, multiple sclerosis and many other neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. This authoritative book highlights the importance of early detection, focusing on those cognitive screening tests that can be carried out quickly and yet provide essential information for the assessment, management and treatment of these patients. Explanation is given on how and when these tests should be used and the book also helps to synthesize the vast body of literature available in |
| Notes |
Detailed neurological, psychiatric and neuropsychological testing |
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Print version record |
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Neuropsychological tests.
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Cognition disorders -- Diagnosis.
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Neuropsychological Tests
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Cognition disorders -- Diagnosis
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Neuropsychological tests
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Feinstein, Anthony
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| ISBN |
9781135413651 |
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1135413657 |
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