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Here's a clinically oriented guide to the field of behavioural neurology and the complex diagnostic modalities and treatment options available. This comprehensive text includes: methods of assessment and analysis, theoretical framework, and disorders of higher brain functions. It also covers cognitive science and anatomic aspects, classical neuropsychology, and new research on dementia.
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I. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION: Matthew Rizzo and Paul Eslinger II. METHODS OF ASSESSMENT 1. Mental Status Sreening 2. Neuropsychological Assessment 3. Meuropsyckiatric Assessment 4. Morphometric Brain Analysis in Disorders of Dementia 5. Structural Brain Imaging in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6. Functional Neuroimaging 7. MRI and Related Techniques 8. Electrophysiology 9. Safe and Unsafe Driving in Aging and Cognitive Impairment III. DISORDERS OF HIGHER BRAIN FUNCTIONS 10. Attention: Normal and Disordered Processes 11. Memory and Learning 12. Cerebral Visual Dysfunction 13. Functional Organization of the Auditory System 14. Somatosensory System 15. Olfactory and Gustatory System 16. Vestibular System and Balance 17. Aphasia, Alexia, Agraphia, Acalculia 18. Apraxia 19. The Corpus Callosum and Callosal Disconnection Syndromes: A Model for Understanding Brain Connectivity Asymmetry, and Function 20. Executive Functions and Social Conduct 21. Emotion IV. COGNITION/BEHAVIOR AND DISEASE 22. Degenerative Disease 23. Brain Infections 24. Movement Disorders 25. Subcortical Deficits 26. Cerebrovascular Disease 27. Closed Head Injury/traumatic Brain Injury 28. Encephalopathies 29. Neurosurgical Perspectives 30. Coma, Altered Consciousness, Delirium 31. Disorders of Sleep and Arousal 32. Incontinence and Impotence 33. Chronic Pain 34. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy 35. Multiple Sclerosis 36. Aging and the Brain 37. Nonvasculitic Autoimmune Inflammatory Meningoenchphalitis 38. Cancer V. PEDIATRIC/DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 39. Neuropsychological Assessment 40. Pediatric Head Injury 41. Learning Disabilities: Neurobiological Foundations and Topographical Manifestations Across the Lifespan 42. ADD/ADHD 43. Autism Spectrum Disorders 44. Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy 45. Pediatric Epilepsy 46. Pediatric Chronic Disease VI. REHABILITATION AND TREATMENT 47. Overview of Rehabilitation and Treatment 48. Rehabilitation Strategies for Individuals with Acquired Cognitive Impairment 49. Speech and Language Rehabilitation 50. Impairment and Disability Evaluation 51. Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling VII. FORENSICS, COMPETENCE, LEGAL ISSUES 52. Competency Wills, Power of Attorney, Informed Consent 53. Evaluation of Malingered Neurocognitive Disorders 54. Violent Crime 55. Behavioral Evidence in Legal Proceedings
