Practitioner's Guide to Evaluating Change with Neuropsychological Assessment Instruments (Critical Issues in Neuropsychology)
Contributors: Robert J. McCaffrey (Editor); Kevin Duff (Editor); Holly James Westervelt (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 29, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Spiral-bound
Number of pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9780306463617
Subjects: Physiological & neuro-psychology; Psychological Testing; Psychology; Medical; Assessment, Testing & Measurement; Neurology - General; Neuropsychology; Medical / Neurology; Medical : Neurology - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement; Psychology : Neuropsychology; Nervous System Diseases; Neuropsychological Tests; diagnosis
First sentence: Clinical neuropsychological practitioners are often involved in conducting serial neuropsychological assessments in order to monitor the progression of a disease process (e.g., dementia), to document recovery of function following insult (e.g., stroke), or to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a specific treatment (e.g., medications).