Neuropsychological evaluation of the older adult : a clinician's guidebook / Joanne Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Joanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuropsychological tests--Evaluation.

Neuropsychological tests.

Brain damage--Diagnosis.

Brain damage.

Older people--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego ; London : Academic Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the largest patient populations seen by neuropsychologists are older adults suffering from problems associated with aging. Further, the proportion of the population aged 65 and above is rising rapidly. This book provides a guide to neuropsychological clinicians increasingly called upon to assess this population. The book details in a step-by-step fashion the phases and considerations in performing a neuropsychological assessment of an older patient. It covers procedural details including review of patient's medical records, clinical interview, formal testing, interpretation of test scor

Contents:

Front Cover; Neuropsychological Evaluation of the Older Adult: A Clinician's Guidebook; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Activities Preceding Patient Arrival; Clarifying the Referral Question; The Preevaluation Letter; Reviewing Records of Previous History; Chapter 2. The Clinical Interview; Introducing the Evaluation and Establishing Rapport; Identifying Concerns about the Patient; Obtaining the Background History; Using the Interview to Evaluate the Patient; Concluding the Interview and Transitioning to Formal Testing

Chapter 3. General Principles and Guidelines for Formal TestingScreening Sensory Abilities; Optimizing the Test Environment; Orienting the Patient to Testing; Guidelines for Use of Psychometrists; Principles of Test Design: Reliability and Validity; Choosing Normative Data for Older Individuals; Selecting the Test Battery; Chapter 4 Evaluation of General Intellectual Function, Attention, Executive Function,Verbal Abilities, and Visuospatial and Visuoconstructive Abilities; Assessment of General Intellectual Function; Tests of Specific Abilities; Chapter 5. Memory Evaluation in Older Adults

Memory Systems: Declarative and Nondeclarative MemoryA Model of Remembering New Information; Dimensions for Clinical Assessment of Memory; Test Instruments for Evaluation of Memory; Chapter 6. Neuropsychological Profiles of Common Disorders Affecting Older Adults I: Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration; Definition of Dementia; Cortical and Subcortical Dementia Syndromes; Alzheimer's Disease; Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration; Chapter 7. Neuropsychological Profiles II: Vascular Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Cerebrovascular Disease and Vascular Dementia

Dementia with Lewy BodiesChapter 8. Neuropsychological Profiles III: Parkinsonian Disorders, Corticobasal Degeneration, Huntington's Disease; Parkinson's Disease; Other Parkinsonian Syndromes with Neuropsychological Correlates; Corticobasal Degeneration; Huntington's Disease; Chapter 9. Neuropsychological Profiles IV: Traumatic Brain Injury, Substance-Related Disorders, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Metabolic and Toxic Disorders; Traumatic Brain Injury; Substance-Related Disorders; Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus; Metabolic and Toxic Disorders

Chapter 10. Assessment of Depression during the Neuropsychological EvaluationCriteria for Diagnosing Depression; Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Characteristics of Depression in Older Adults; Assessing Depression during the Clinical Interview; Instruments for Screening for Depression; Neuropsychological Profiles of Depression; Depression and Brain Disease; The Concept of Pseudodementia; Differentiating Depression from Alzheimer's Disease; Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neuropsychological Change; Chapter 11. Organizing and Interpreting Test Findings; Computing Raw Test Scores; Computing z-Scores

Compiling the Neuropsychology Data Summary Sheet

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-46685-9

9786611466855

0-08-053746-4

OCLC:

476160714