| Description |
xvi, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction to clinical neuropsychology -- The neuropsychological assessment -- Marooned in the moment: H.M., a case of global amnesia -- Out of control: the consequences and treatment of epilepsy -- The breakdown of language: case studies of aphasia -- A body in the mind: a case of autotopagnosia -- Out of mind, out of sight: a case of hemineglect -- Vision without knowledge: visual object agnosia and prosopagnosia -- The impaired executive: a case of frontal-lobe dysfunction -- Beating the odds: severe head injury and the importance of ongoing rehabilitation -- The unseen injury: minor closed head injury -- Explosion in the mind: a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Twenty years too late: organic solvent neurotoxicity -- Tomorrow is another day: living with multiple sclerosis -- Mind over matter: coping with Parkinson's Disease -- Huntington's Disease: a family challenged -- Dementia: a family tragedy -- Split brain, split mind? case L.B. -- A whole life with half a brain: Kate's story |
| Summary |
"[This book] introduces the reader to clinical neuropsychology. ... Two introductory chapters precede 17 chapters that each focus on a specific disorder, and include research, clinical assessment, rhabilitation. and a detailed case study. ..."--Back cover |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 1996 |
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Author is lecturer at the University of Auckland, N.Z |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-392) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nervous system -- Diseases -- Case studies.
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Neuropsychology -- Case studies.
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Clinical neuropsychology -- Case studies.
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Nervous System Diseases.
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Neuropsychology.
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| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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Case studies.
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Case studies.
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| LC no. |
2004053118 |
| ISBN |
0195171357 |
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9780195171358 |
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0195171365 |
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9780195171365 |
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