A Guide to Adult Neuropsychological Diagnosis

by Stringer, Anthony Y.; Green, Robert C.

• ISBN13: 9780803600720
• ISBN10: 0803600720
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: F. A. Davis Co.

Summary

Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Manual for the diagnosis of neuropsychological disorders, such as disorders of written and oral language, calculation, stimulus recognition, or intellectual decline. Uses case studies. Includes coding for DSM-IV and ICD-9-CM. DNLM: Neuropsychology - classification - case studies.

Table of Contents

Adult Neuropsychological Diagnosis	1	(13)
Definition and Categorization of Neuropsychological Disorders	1	(2)
Nomenclature	3	(4)
Etiological Diagnosis	7	(1)
Clinical Indicators, Factors to Rule Out, and Lesion Locations	7	(1)
Reliability and Validity	8	(2)
Examiner Training and Test Conditions	10	(1)
Examples of Clinical Use of This Text	10	(2)
Examples of Research Use of This Text	12	(2)
Disorders of Alertness	14	(19)
Definition	14	(1)
Nomenclature	15	(1)
Variety of Presentation	15	(6)
Lethargy or Obtundation	15	(2)
Stupor	17	(3)
Psychogenic Underresponsiveness or Unresponsiveness	20	(1)
Akinetic Mutism	21	(1)
Etiology	21	(3)
Brainstem Reticular Activating System Damage	21	(1)
Supratentorial and Subtentorial Lesions	21	(1)
Reduction in Brain Metabolism	22	(1)
Organ Failure	22	(1)
Temperature	22	(1)
Seizure Disorder	23	(1)
Selective Vulnerability	23	(1)
Mental and Emotional Disorders	23	(1)
Disabling Consequences	24	(1)
Assessment Instruments	25	(1)
Glasgow Coma Scale	25	(1)
Comprehensive Level of Consciousness Scale	25	(1)
Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning Scale	25	(1)
Disability Rating Scale	26	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	26	(2)
Case Illustration	28	(5)
Disorders of Concentration	33	(19)
Nomenclature	33	(1)
Variety of Presentation	34	(3)
Concentration Span Reduction	34	(1)
Divided Concentration Deficiency	35	(1)
Distractibility	36	(1)
Etiology	37	(1)
Disabling Consequences	37	(1)
Assessment Instruments	38	(8)
High Sensitivity Cognitive Screen--Signaling to Numbers	38	(1)
Continuous Performance Test	39	(1)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (WAIS-R) and WAIS-R as a Neuropsychological Instrument (WAIS-R NI) Digit Span	40	(1)
Wechsler Memory Scale--Revised (WMS-R) Digit Span	41	(1)
Memory Assessment Scale Verbal Span	42	(1)
WAIS-R NI Spatial Span Subtest	43	(1)
WMS-R Visual Memory Span	44	(1)
Memory Assessment Scale Visual Span	44	(1)
Behavioral Monitoring Procedure	45	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	46	(1)
Case Illustrations	47	(5)
Stimulus Neglect	52	(27)
Nomenclature	53	(1)
Variety of Presentation	54	(5)
Hemi-inattention	54	(1)
Sensory Extinction	55	(2)
Hemispatial Neglect	57	(2)
Simultanagnosia	59	(1)
Pseudoneglect	59	(1)
Etiology	59	(1)
Disabling Consequences	60	(1)
Assessment Instruments	60	(10)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Sensory-Perceptual Examination	60	(1)
Dichotic Listening Test	61	(3)
Test of Visual Neglect	64	(1)
Line Bisection Test	64	(1)
Quality Extinction Test	65	(1)
Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test	66	(1)
Visual Search and Attention Test	66	(1)
Tactual Performance Test	66	(1)
Behavioral Inattention Test	67	(1)
Tactile Mazes	67	(1)
Saccadic Eye Movement Tests	68	(1)
Simultaneous Perception Procedure	69	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	70	(1)
Case Illustrations	71	(8)
Stimulus Imperception	79	(29)
Nomenclature	82	(2)
Variety of Presentation	84	(4)
Color Imperception	84	(1)
Visual Form Imperception	84	(1)
Facial Imperception	85	(1)
Tactual Form Imperception	85	(1)
Auditory Pattern Imperception	86	(1)
Psychogenic Imperception	87	(1)
Etiology	88	(1)
Disabling Consequences	88	(2)
Assessment Instruments	90	(10)
Rosenbaum Pocket Vision Screener	90	(1)
Ishihara's Test for Color Blindness	90	(1)
Benton Visual Form Discrimination	91	(1)
Benton Facial Recognition Test	91	(1)
Visual Object and Space Perception Battery	92	(1)
Whisper Procedure	93	(1)
Phoneme Discrimination Test	94	(1)
Speech-Sounds Perception Test	94	(1)
Seashore Rhythm Test	95	(1)
Comprehensive Ability Battery, Auditory Ability Subtests	96	(1)
Tactual Sensitivity Screen	96	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Sensory-Perceptual Examination, Fingertip Number Writing and Tactile Form Recognition Subtests	97	(1)
Tactile Form Perception Test	98	(1)
Rey Skin-Writing Perception Test	98	(1)
Tactual Performance Test	99	(1)
Dichotomous Forced-Choice Symptom Validity Test of Sensory Perception	100	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	100	(1)
Case Illustrations	101	(7)
Spatial Imperception	108	(19)
Nomenclature	109	(2)
Variety of Presentation	111	(4)
Local Astereopsis	111	(1)
Global Astereopsis	112	(1)
Spatial Disorientation	112	(1)
Spatial Inflexibility	113	(1)
Spatial Misestimation	114	(1)
Topographical Disorientation	114	(1)
Hemispatial Neglect	115	(1)
Pseudoneglect	115	(1)
Spatial Acalculia	115	(1)
Spatial Agraphia	115	(1)
Optic Ataxia	115	(1)
Constructional Disability	115	(1)
Unilateral Constructional Disability	115	(1)
Stimulus Mislocalization	115	(1)
Finger Mislocalization	115	(1)
Right-Left Disorientation	115	(1)
Etiology	115	(1)
Disabling Consequences	116	(1)
Assessment Instruments	117	(2)
Stereo Test and Randot Stereotest	117	(1)
Visual Object and Space Perception Battery	117	(1)
Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test	117	(1)
Luria's Neuropsychological Investigation, Section G--Block Estimation and Mental Rotation	118	(1)
Extrapersonal Orientation Test	119	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	119	(2)
Case Illustrations	121	(6)
Disorders of Visual-Motor Integration	127	(16)
Nomenclature	128	(1)
Variety of Presentation	128	(4)
Optic Ataxia	128	(2)
Constructional Disability	130	(2)
Unilateral Constructional Disability	132	(1)
Spatial Agraphia	132	(1)
Etiology	132	(1)
Disabling Consequences	132	(1)
Assessment Instruments	133	(10)
Visuospatial Integration Procedure	133	(1)
Audiospatial Integration and Localization Procedure	134	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Aphasia Screening Test, Spatial Relations Items	134	(1)
Benton Visual Retention Test, Administration C, Form E	134	(1)
Boston Spatial-Quantitative Battery, Constructional Deficits Subtest	134	(1)
Beery Development Test of Visual-Motor Integration	135	(1)
Taylor Complex Figure, Revised Administration	135	(1)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised and WAIS-R as a Neuropsychological Instrument, Block Design Subtest	136	(1)
Three-Dimensional Block Construction	136	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	136	(2)
Case Illustrations	138	(5)
Disorders of Stimulus Localization	143	(18)
Nomenclature	144	(1)
Variety of Presentation	145	(3)
Stimulus Mislocalization	145	(1)
Finger Mislocalization	146	(1)
Autotopagnosia	147	(1)
Right-Left Disorientation	148	(1)
Etiology	148	(1)
Disabling Consequences	149	(1)
Assessment Instruments	149	(5)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Sensory Perceptual Examination, Unilateral Stimulation Trials	149	(1)
Visual Object and Space Perception Battery, Position Discrimination and Number Location Subtests	150	(1)
Audiospatial Integration and Localization Procedure	150	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Sensory Perceptual Examination, Finger ``Agnosia'' Subtest	151	(1)
Benton Finger Localization	152	(1)
Boston Spatial-Quantitative Battery, Finger Agnosia Subtest	152	(1)
Personal Orientation Test	153	(1)
Boston Spatial-Quantitative Battery, Right-Left Orientation	153	(1)
Benton Right-Left Orientation Test	153	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	154	(1)
Case Illustrations	155	(6)
Disorders of Stimulus Recognition (Associative Agnosia)	161	(28)
Nomenclature	163	(2)
Variety of Presentation	165	(7)
Color Agnosia	165	(1)
Prosopagnosia	165	(1)
Visual Object Agnosia	166	(2)
Finger Agnosia	168	(1)
Astereognosis	169	(1)
Auditory Agnosia	170	(1)
Topographical Agnosia	171	(1)
Etiology	172	(1)
Disabling Consequences	172	(1)
Assessment Instruments	173	(16)
Stimulus Recognition Procedures	173	(8)
Sound Recognition Test	181	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Sensory Perceptual Examination, Astereognosis Subtest	182	(1)
Boston Spatial-Quantitative Battery, Finger Agnosia Subtest	182	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	183	(1)
Case Illustrations	183	(6)
Disorders of Interhemispheric Transfer	189	(27)
Nomenclature	191	(1)
Variety of Presentation	192	(11)
Unilateral Anomia	192	(1)
Pseudoneglect	193	(2)
Unilateral Verbal Dichotic Extinction	195	(1)
Unilateral Constructional Disability	195	(1)
Unilateral Alexia	196	(1)
Unilateral Agraphia	197	(1)
Unilateral Ideomotor Apraxia	198	(2)
Unilateral Disassociation Apraxia	200	(1)
Diagonistic Apraxia	201	(1)
Somesthetic Disconnection	202	(1)
Etiology	203	(1)
Disabling Consequences	204	(1)
Assessment Instruments	204	(6)
Beery Development Test of Visual-Motor Integration	205	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Aphasia Screening Test, Spatial Relations and Written Language Items	205	(1)
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, Written Language Subtests	205	(1)
Western Aphasia Battery, Written Language Subtests	205	(1)
Boston Spatial-Quantitative Battery, Apraxia Subtest	205	(1)
Western Aphasia Battery, Apraxia Subtest	205	(1)
Dichotic Listening Test	205	(1)
Visual Hemifield Reading Procedure	205	(2)
Olfactory Recognition Procedure	207	(1)
University of Florida Hand Posture Transfer Procedure	208	(1)
Behavioral Monitoring Procedure	209	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	210	(1)
Case Illustration	211	(5)
Disordes of Voluntary Cognitive Control of Movement	216	(35)
Nomenclature	217	(2)
Variety of Presentation	219	(12)
Akinesia	219	(1)
Motor Impersistence	220	(1)
Adiadochokinesia and Dysdiadochokinesia	221	(1)
Motor Perservation	222	(1)
Echopraxia	223	(1)
Oculomotor Apraxia	223	(1)
Buccofacial Apraxia	224	(1)
Disassociation Apraxia	225	(2)
Unilateral Verbal-Motor Disassociation Apraxia	227	(1)
Ideomotor Apraxia	227	(2)
Unilateral Ideomotor Apraxia	229	(1)
Ideational Apraxia	229	(1)
Constructional Apraxia	230	(1)
Dressing Apraxia	230	(1)
Diagonistic Apraxia	230	(1)
Apraxic Agraphia	230	(1)
Psychogenic Motor Dysfunction	230	(1)
Etiology	231	(1)
Disabling Consequences	232	(1)
Assessment Instruments	233	(8)
Benton Motor Impersistence Test	233	(1)
Rapid Alternating and Sequential Movements	233	(2)
Tandem Reciprocal Movements	235	(1)
Repetitive Graphomotor Sequences	236	(1)
Oculomotor Apraxia Procedure	236	(1)
Boston Spatial-Quantitative Battery, Apraxia Subtest	237	(1)
Western Aphasia Battery, Apraxia Subtest	237	(1)
Hand Dynamometer	238	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery, Finger-Tapping Test	239	(1)
Grooved Pegboard	239	(1)
Pin Test	240	(1)
Behavioral Monitoring Procedure	240	(1)
Modified Annett Handedness Inventory	240	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	241	(1)
Case Illustrations	242	(9)
Disorders of Oral Language	251	(35)
Nomenclature	252	(2)
Variety of Presentation	254	(18)
Broca's Aphasia	254	(2)
Wernicke's Aphasia	256	(2)
Pure Word Deafness	258	(1)
Conduction Aphasia	259	(1)
Global Aphasia	260	(1)
Transcortical Motor Aphasia	261	(2)
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia	263	(1)
Mixed Transcortical Aphasia	264	(1)
Anomic Aphasia	265	(1)
Unilateral Anomia	266	(1)
Optic Aphasia	266	(1)
Tactile Aphasia	267	(1)
Stimulus-Specific Aphasia	268	(2)
Pathological Reiteration (Palilalia and Echolalia)	270	(1)
Mutism	271	(1)
Etiology	272	(1)
Disabling Consequences	272	(1)
Assessment Instruments	273	(3)
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination	273	(1)
Western Aphasia Battery	274	(1)
Boston Naming Test	275	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Aphasia Screening Test	276	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	276	(2)
Case Illustrations	278	(8)
Disorders of Written Language (Alexia and Agraphia)	286	(25)
Cognitive Error Patterns	288	(2)
Phonological Paralexic Pattern (Phonological Alexia) with Visual Paralexias (Visual Alexia)	288	(1)
Phonological Paragraphic Pattern (Phonological Agraphia) with Visual Paragraphias	288	(1)
Deep Paralexic Pattern (Deep Alexia) with Visual and Semantic Paralexias	288	(1)
Deep Paragraphic Pattern (Deep Agraphia) with Visual and Semantic Paragraphias	289	(1)
Surface Paragraphic Pattern (Surface Alexia)	289	(1)
Lexical Paragraphic Pattern (Lexical Agraphia or Phonological Spelling)	289	(1)
Letter-by-Letter Reading Pattern (Spelling Dyslexia)	290	(1)
Nomenclature	290	(1)
Variety of Presentation	290	(9)
Pure Alexia	290	(2)
Pure Agraphia	292	(2)
Alexia with Agraphia	294	(1)
Aphasic Alexia-Agraphia	295	(2)
Apraxic Agraphia	297	(1)
Constructional Agraphia	298	(1)
Unilateral Alexia	299	(1)
Unilateral Agraphia	299	(1)
Alexic Acalculia	299	(1)
Agraphic Acalculia	299	(1)
Etiology	299	(1)
Disabling Consequences	299	(1)
Assessment Instruments	300	(2)
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, Written Language Section	300	(1)
Western Aphasia Battery, Written Language Section	300	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Aphasia Screening Test, Written Language Items	300	(1)
Luria's Neuropsychological Investigation, Section K	300	(1)
Battery of Adult Reading Function	300	(2)
Neuropsychological Treatment	302	(1)
Case Illustrations	302	(9)
Disorders of Emotional Communication	311	(16)
Nomenclature	312	(1)
Variety of Presentation	312	(7)
Motor Aprosodia	312	(2)
Sensory Aprosodia	314	(1)
Pure Affective Deafness	314	(1)
Conduction Aprosodia	315	(1)
Global Aprosodia	316	(1)
Transcortical Motor Aprosodia	317	(1)
Transcortical Sensory Aprosodia	318	(1)
Mixed Transcortical Aprosodia	318	(1)
Etiology	319	(1)
Disabling Consequences	320	(1)
Assessment Instruments	320	(2)
Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity	320	(1)
Perception of Emotions Test	321	(1)
Affective Communication Test	321	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	322	(1)
Case Illustration	323	(4)
Calculation Disorders (Acalculia)	327	(14)
Nomenclature	328	(1)
Variety of Presentation	328	(6)
Alexic Acalculia	329	(1)
Agraphic Acalculia	330	(1)
Spatial Acalculia	331	(1)
Anarithmetria	332	(2)
Etiology	334	(1)
Disabling Consequences	334	(1)
Assessment Instruments	335	(6)
Boston Spatial-Quantitative Battery, Calculation Subtest	335	(1)
Western Aphasia Battery	335	(1)
Halstead-Reitan Battery Aphasia Screening Test	335	(1)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, Arithmetic Subtest	335	(1)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised as a Neuropsychological Instrument, Arithmetic Subtest	335	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	336	(1)
Case Illustrations	337	(4)
Memory Disorders (Amnesia and Dysmnesia)	341	(52)
Nomenclature	344	(1)
Variety of Presentation	345	(12)
Retrograde Amnesia	345	(2)
Global Anterograde Amnesia	347	(3)
Verbal Anterograde Amnesia	350	(2)
Visuospatial Anterograde Amnesia	352	(1)
Tactual-Spatial Anterograde Amnesia	353	(1)
Nonverbal Auditory Anterograde Amnesia	354	(1)
Pseudoamnesia	355	(2)
Etiology	357	(1)
Disabling Consequences	358	(1)
Assessment Instruments	359	(17)
Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised	359	(1)
Memory Assessment Scale	360	(1)
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test	361	(1)
California Verbal Learning Test	362	(2)
Taylor Complex Figure, Revised Administration	364	(1)
Benton Visual Retention Test	365	(1)
Comprehensive Ability Battery, Auditory Ability Subtest	366	(1)
Boston Remote Memory Battery	366	(2)
Memory for Personally Significant Events	368	(1)
Autobiographical Memory Interview	368	(1)
University of Florida Level of Processing Procedure	369	(3)
Release from Proactive Inhibition Procedure	372	(2)
Rate of Forgetting Procedure	374	(1)
Dichotomous Forced-Choice Symptom Validity Testing of Memory	375	(1)
Rey 15-Item Memory Test	376	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	376	(2)
Case Illustrations	378	(13)
Appendix 16-1: Memory and Amnesia Terminology	391	(2)
Illusion (Metamorphopsia) and Hallucination (Hallucinosis)	393	(16)
Nomenclature	394	(1)
Variety of Presentation	395	(6)
Visual Metamorphopsia	395	(1)
Auditory Metamorphopsia	396	(1)
Somesthetic Metamorphopsia	397	(1)
Visual Hallucinosis	397	(2)
Auditory Hallucinosis	399	(1)
Somesthetic Hallucinosis	400	(1)
Etiology	401	(1)
Disabling Consequences	402	(1)
Assessment Instruments	402	(1)
Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview-Revised	402	(1)
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2	402	(1)
Neuroemotional-Neuroideational-Neurobehavioral Symptom Survey	402	(1)
Behavioral Monitoring Procedure	403	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	403	(1)
Case Illustrations	404	(4)
Appendix 17-1: Illusions and Hallucinations: Clinical Nomenclature	408	(1)
Neuropsychological Disorders of Emotion, Ideation, and Behavior	409	(55)
Nomenclature	411	(3)
Variety of Presentation	414	(14)
Abulia	414	(1)
Anosodiaphoria	415	(1)
Moria	416	(1)
Pathological Laughing and Crying	417	(1)
Anosognosia	418	(1)
Somatoparaphrenia	419	(1)
Ideational Constriction	420	(1)
Ideational Disorientation or Confusion	421	(2)
Reduplication	423	(1)
Confabulation	424	(1)
Behavioral Perservation	425	(1)
Impulse Disinhibition	426	(2)
Etiology	428	(1)
Disabling Consequences	429	(2)
Assessment Instruments	431	(8)
Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test	431	(2)
Halstead-Reitan Battery, Category Test	433	(1)
Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised, Information and Orientation Questions	434	(1)
Benton Temporal Orientation Test	435	(1)
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2	435	(1)
Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview-Revised	436	(1)
Adult Neuropsychological History Protocol	437	(1)
Neuroemotional-Neuroideational-Neurobehavioral Symptom Survey	438	(1)
Behavioral Monitoring Procedure	439	(1)
Neuropsychological Treatment	439	(25)
Educating Patients and Families	440	(1)
Treatment of Disorders of Emotion	440	(2)
Treatment of Disorders of Ideation	442	(1)
Treatment of Behavioral Disorders	443	(2)
Case Illustrations	445	(12)
Appendix 18-1: Neuroemotional-Neuroideational-Neurobehavioral Symptom Survey	457	(7)
Intellectual Decline	464	(25)
Nomenclature	465	(1)
Variety of Presentation	466	(3)
Verbal Intellectual Decline	466	(1)
Perceptual Intellectual Decline	467	(1)
Global Intellectual Decline	468	(1)
Etiology	469	(3)
Conditions Giving Rise to Reversible or Static Intellectual Decline	470	(1)
Conditions Giving Rise to Progressive Intellectual Decline	471	(1)
Disabling Consequences	472	(2)
Assessment Instruments	474	(7)
Dementia Rating Scale	474	(1)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised	474	(3)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised as a Neuropsychological Instrument	477	(2)
Halstead-Reitan Battery	479	(1)
Luria's Neuropsychological Investigation	479	(2)
Neuropsychological Treatment	481	(1)
Case Illustrations	482	(7)
Anatomical Index	489	(3)
Etiological Index	492	(3)
Test Index	495	(4)
Behavioral Index	499