Title: Fractured minds : a case-study approach to clinical neuropsychology /
Authors: Ogden, Jenni A.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Neuropsychology; Nervous System Diseases; Clinical neuropsychology Case studies.
Abstract: "[This book] introduces the reader to clinical neuropsychology. ... Two introductory chapters precede 17 chapters that each focus on a specific disorder, and include research, clinical assessment, rhabilitation. and a detailed case study. ..."--Back cover.
Contents: Introduction to clinical neuropsychology -- The neuropsychological assessment -- Marooned in the moment: H.M., a case of global amnesia -- Out of control: the consequences and treatment of epilepsy -- The breakdown of language: case studies of aphasia -- A body in the mind: a case of autotopagnosia -- Out of mind, out of sight: a case of hemineglect -- Vision without knowledge: visual object agnosia and prosopagnosia -- The impaired executive: a case of frontal-lobe dysfunction -- Beating the odds: severe head injury and the importance of ongoing rehabilitation -- The unseen injury: minor closed head injury -- Explosion in the mind: a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Twenty years too late: organic solvent neurotoxicity -- Tomorrow is another day: living with multiple sclerosis -- Mind over matter: coping with Parkinson's Disease -- Huntington's Disease: a family challenged -- Dementia: a family tragedy -- Split brain, split mind? case L.B. -- A whole life with half a brain: Kate's story.