Screening for Brain Impairment: A Manual for Mental Health Practice, Third Edition

by Glen E. Getz PhD, ABN, Michael D. Franzen PhD

Overview

Written by top practitioners in the field of neuropsychological screening, Screening for Brain Impairment is the extensively updated new edition of the classic resource. Valuable to a broad range of medical and mental health practitioners, this new edition reflects enormous changes to the field over the past 13 years.

Each chapter contains updated information and new empirical data, including extensive information on neurological and psychiatric disorders, adult attention deficit disorder, and screening for and assessing the emotional correlates of brain impairment. Also included are new chapters on computerized assessment and developing relations with other professionals, including clinical neuropsychologists, neurologists, primary care physicians, neurosurgeons, and psychiatrists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826110763
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/29/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Glen E. Getz is a clinical neuropsychologist at Allegheny General Hospital as well as an assistant professor at the Drexel University College of Medicine.

Michael D. Franzen is the Director of Neuropsychology at the Allegheny Neuropsychiatric Institute and Chief Neuropsychologist at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1- Neurological Disorders

Chapter 2 - Psychiatric Disorders with Neurologic Implications

Chapter 3 - Approaches to Neurological Assessment

Chapter 4 - The Neuropsychological History

Chapter 5 - The Mental Status Examination

Chapter 6 - Screening Test of Perceptual and Motor Functions

Chapter 7 - Screening Tests for Verbal Functions

Chapter 8 - Screening for Memory Functions

Chapter 9 - Screening Tests for Higher Cognitive Functions

Chapter 10 - Computerized Screening Tests

Chapter 11 - Neuropsychological Screening

Chapter 12 - Clinical Psychology and Related Professions