Fractured Minds A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology

by Ogden, Jenni A.

• ISBN13: 9780195171365
• ISBN10: 0195171365
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Fractured Minds introduces the reader to clinical neuropsychology through vivid case descriptions of adults who have suffered brain damage. At one level, this is a book about the courage, humor, and determination to triumph over illness and disability that many "ordinary people" demonstrate when coping with the extraordinary stress of a brain disorder. On another level, it is a well-referenced and up-to-date textbook that provides a holistic view of the practice of clinical neuropsychology. Included are reader-friendly descriptions and explanations of a wide range of neurological disorders and neuroscientific concepts. Two introductory chapters are followed by 17 chapters that each focus on a specific disorder and include research, clinical assessment, rehabilitation, and a detailed case study. Disorders range across the full spectrum from common ones such as traumatic brain injury and dementia, to rare disorders such as autotopagnosia. Each of the 16 chapters retained from the first edition has been revised to reflect current research and clinical advances. Three new chapters on multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease incorporate discussion of important current topics such as genetically-transmitted diseases, genetic counseling, gene transplantation, functional neurosurgery, and the complex ethical issues that go hand-in-hand with these new techniques. This informative and engaging book will be of interest to students of clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and neurology, health professionals who work with neurological patients, neurological patients and their families, and lay readers who are simply fascinated by the mind and brain.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology	3	(25)
The Neuropsychological Assessment	28	(18)
Marooned in the Moment: H.M., a Case of Global Amnesia	46	(18)
Out of Control: The Consequences and Treatment of Epilepsy	64	(19)
The Breakdown of Language: Case Studies of Aphasia	83	(16)
A Body in the Mind: A Case of Autotopagnosia	99	(14)
Out of Mind, Out of Sight: A Case of Hemineglect	113	(24)
Vision Without Knowledge: Visual Object Agnosia and Prosopagnosia	137	(21)
The Impaired Executive: A Case of Frontal-Lobe Dysfunction	158	(13)
Beating the Odds: Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and the Importance of Ongoing Rehabilitation	171	(22)
The Unseen Injury: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury	193	(11)
Explosions in the Mind: A Case of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	204	(18)
Twenty Years Too Late: Organic Solvent Neurotoxicity	222	(15)
Tomorrow Is Another Day: Living with Multiple Sclerosis	237	(17)
Mind Over Matter: Coping with Parkinson's Disease	254	(22)
Huntington's Disease: A Family Challenged	276	(28)
Dementia: A Family Tragedy	304	(24)
Split Brain, Split Mind? Case L.B.	328	(20)
A Whole Life with Half a Brain: Kate's Story	348	(15)
References	363	(30)
Index	393