Clinical neuropsychology : a practical guide to assessment and management for clinicians /

Includes bibliographical references and index.General introduction: what is the relevance of neuropsychology for clinical psychology practice? -- Neuroscience background -- Neuroanatomy and neuropathology -- Neurological investigations -- Neuropsychological assessment: general issues -- Psychological and psychiatric aspects of brain disorder: nature, assessment and implications for clinical neuropsychology -- Effects of prescribed and recreational drug use on cognitive functioning -- Quantitative aspects of neuropsychological assessment -- Adult neuropsychology -- Disorders of memory -- Disorders of language and communication -- Executive dysfunction -- Acquired disorders of voluntary movement -- Visuo-spatial and attentional disorders -- Disorders of number processing and calculation -- Neuropsychology: specialist areas of work -- Clinical neuropsychological assessment of children -- Neuropsychological assessment of older adults -- Neuropsychology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration: frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia and progressive non-fluent aphasia -- Very severe and profound brain injury -- Neuropsychology and the law -- Mental capacity -- Rehabilitation -- Theoretical approaches to cognitive rehabilitation -- Planning, delivering and evaluating services -- Research design and outcome evaluation -- Interventions for psychological problems after brain injury -- Neurorehabilitation strategies for people with neurodegenerative conditions -- Driving in neurological patients