Aging and Neuropsychological Assessment

Aging and Neuropsychological Assessment by Asenath LaRue.

It is a privilege to be asked to write the foreword for so excellent a book, so timely and so much needed by the field. Not only is it most unusual these days to have a single­ authored volume on so broad a topic, but Dr. La Rue has done a superb job of providing both a scholarly treatise and a prac...

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Main Author: LaRue, Asenath (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:Critical Issues in Neuropsychology,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Clinical psychology.
Neuropsychology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Normal Aging
  • 1 Introduction to Aging and Older Adults
  • 2 The Aging Brain
  • 3 Cognition in Normal Aging
  • 4 Neuropsychological Assessment Procedures
  • 5 Examples of Normal Performance
  • II. Common Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
  • 6 Delirium and Dementia: An Overview
  • 7 Alzheimer’s Disease
  • 8 Parkinson’s Disease
  • 9 Vascular Dementia
  • 10 Dementia: Case Examples
  • 11 Depression
  • 12 Depression: Case Examples
  • Appendix Age Norms for Selected Neuropsychological Tests
  • References.

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