Clinical Neuropsychology: A Pocket Handbook for AssessmentPeter J. Snyder, Paul David Nussbaum, Diana L. Robins "The initial goal that had led to the first edition of this book remains unchanged. That is, we hope to provide a ready reference to assist the busy clinician or doctoral-level trainee selecting from among the many hundreds of tests and assessment techniques that are widely available. A principal aim of this reference book is to help guide the clinician in developing tailored, hypothesis-driven approaches for the assessment of patients with a broad range of common neuropsychological syndromes or neurological disorders. As before, this volume is designed for health care providers who need to make examination strategy decisions rapidly while working in the hospital inpatient unit. For the advanced trainee, we hope that this book will prove particularly useful at times when your clinical supervisors are not readily available themselves. This volume should provide for clinical neuropsychology what already exists for most all other medical or health care specialties: a diagnostic guide that fits into the lab coat pocket (I concede that this book may be a bit heavy for some pockets!). Such manuals "for the house officer" (at least one for each specialty) provide a ready source of information to aid in the differential diagnoses of relevant clinical syndromes. With this edited volume, we attempt to provide a readily available handbook for neuropsychology interns, postdoctoral fellows, and practicing clinicians"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). |
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... response latencies . Differences in response latencies have been shown to be a marker of negative response bias in several studies . 7. VICTORIA SYMPTOM VALIDITY TEST The Victoria Symptom Validity Test ( VSVT ; Slick , Hopp , Strauss ...
... response latencies . Differences in response latencies have been shown to be a marker of negative response bias in several studies . 7. VICTORIA SYMPTOM VALIDITY TEST The Victoria Symptom Validity Test ( VSVT ; Slick , Hopp , Strauss ...
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... responses . A CVLT response bias cutoff score below 0 ( i.e. , a negative response bias ) showed a sensitivity of 61 % and a specificity of 91 % in the correct classification of patients with nonepileptic seizure ( NES ) . An important ...
... responses . A CVLT response bias cutoff score below 0 ( i.e. , a negative response bias ) showed a sensitivity of 61 % and a specificity of 91 % in the correct classification of patients with nonepileptic seizure ( NES ) . An important ...
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... response initiation problems . c . Tests of motor functioning such as the Grooved Peg- board Test measure generation of and persistence in fine motor response production . d . Motor system deficits need to be considered when one is ...
... response initiation problems . c . Tests of motor functioning such as the Grooved Peg- board Test measure generation of and persistence in fine motor response production . d . Motor system deficits need to be considered when one is ...
Contents
ABOUT THIS HANDBOOK | 3 |
The Neurological Examination | 17 |
Laboratory Testing in Neuropsychology | 34 |
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Neuropsychological Differential Diagnosis Konstantine K. Zakzanis,Edith F. Kaplan,Larry Leach No preview available - 1999 |