Clinical Neuropsychology

by Heilman, Kenneth M.; Valenstein, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780195384871
• ISBN10: 0195384873
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now in its Fifth Edition,Clinical Neuropsychologyreviews the major neurobehavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction and injury. Like previous editions of this book, the Fifth Edition focuses on the clinical presentation of the major neurobehavioral syndromes, including symptoms, signs, methods of assessment that are useful for diagnosis, and also their underlying anatomy, physiology, and pathology. The major behavioral disorders that are covered include aphasia, agraphia, alexia, amnesia, apraxia, neglect, executive disorders and dementia. The text also discusses advances in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of these disorders. The authors attempt to explain the cognitive mechanisms that can account for specific symptoms and signs, and to provide new information about treatment and management. The authors have drawn from a wealth of new information and research that has emerged since the Fourth Edition was published in 2003. The editors have added a chapter on creativity to the Fifth Edition, since there has been increased interest in creativity, and brain disorders can either enhance or impair creativity. This text will be of value to clinicians, investigators, and students from a variety of disciplines, including neurology, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, and speech pathology.

Author Biography

Kenneth M. Heilman, MD is the James E. Rooks Jr. Distinguished Professor Department of Neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine

Edward Valenstein, MD is an Adjunct Professor at Florida State University College of Medicine and Professor Emeritus at University of Florida

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Kenneth M. Heilman and Edward Valenstein

2. Aphasic Syndromes
David Caplan

3. Phonology, Semantics, and Lexical Semantics
Stephen E. Nadeau and Diane L. Kendall

4. Syntactic Aspects of Language Disorders
David Caplan

5. Acquired Dyslexia
H. Branch Coslett

6. Agraphia
Lauren Ullrich and David P. Roeltgen

7. Disorders of Visual-Spatial Perception and Cognition
Martha J. Farah and Russell A. Epstein

8. Acalculia and Disturbances of the Body Schema
Natalie L. Denburg and Daniel Tranel

9. Anosognosia
John C. Adair and Anna M. Barrett

10. Apraxia
Kenneth M. Heilman and Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi

11. Agnosia
Russell M. Bauer

12. Neglect and Related Disorders
Kenneth M. Heilman, Robert T. Watson, and Edward Valenstein

13. Callosal Syndromes
Eran Zaidel, Marco Iacoboni, Steve Berman, Dahlia W. Zaidel and Joseph E. Bogen

14. The Frontal Lobes
Antonio R. Damasio, Steven W. Anderson, and Daniel Tranel

15. Emotional Disorders Associated With Neurological Diseases
Kenneth M. Heilman, Lee X. Blonder, Dawn Bowers, and Edward Valenstein

16. Amnesic Disorders
Russell M. Bauer, Gila Z. Reckess, Abhay Kumar, and Edward Valenstein

17. Neuropsychology of Dementia
David Knopman

18. Creativity
Valeria Drago, Bruce Miller, and Kenneth M. Heilman