Trouble in mind : stories from a neuropsychologist's casebook / Jenni Ogden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogden, Jenni A., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical neuropsychology--Case studies.

Clinical neuropsychology.

Clinical neuropsychology--Popular works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Trouble in Mind, neuropsychologist Jenni Ogden, author of Fractured Minds, transports the reader into the world of some of her most memorable neurological patients as she explores with compassion, insight, and vivid description the human side of brain damage. These are tales of patients who, as the result of stroke, brain tumor, car crash, or neurological disease, begin thinking and behaving strangely, and with their loved ones' support embark on the long journey to recovery, acceptance of disability and sometimes, death. There is Luke, the gang member who loses his speech but finds he can

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1. Backstory: The Basics of Clinical Neuropsychology; 2. Lost for Words: Two Tales of Aphasia; 3. Left Out, Right In! The Artist with Hemineglect; 4. The CEO Has Left the Building: Control and the Frontal Lobes; 5. The Man Who Misplaced His Body; 6. The Mind-Blind Motorcyclist; 7. HM and Elvis: A Special Memory; 8. The Singer or the Song: A Pact with Epilepsy; 9. The Amazing Woman: Half a Brain Will Do the Job!; 10. Just a Few Knocks on the Head: The Concussion Conundrum; 11. How To Get There: The Far Side of Severe Brain Injury

12. Shaken Up: Taking Control of Parkinson's Disease13. Hard, Ain't It Hard: A Family's Fight with Huntington's Disease; 14. The Long Goodbye: Coming to Terms with Alzheimer's Disease; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-59472-1

9786613624550

0-19-992143-1

OCLC:

780444608