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Zusatztext For working clinical neuropsychologists this book is a must ... a source of inspiration for new scientific developments. Informationen zum Autor Peter Arnett, PhDDirector of Clinical TrainingAssociate Professor of PsychologyThe Pennsylvania State University Klappentext It has long been appreciated among clinical neuropsychologists that both primary and secondary factors contribute to cognitive dysfunction in neurological patients. Primary influences are the direct result of the extent and location of damage to the brain. Secondary influences stem from something associated with brain injury or disease besides the specific areas of the brain affected. For example, a patient with a neurological disease may develop depression, something which in turn often impacts cognitive functioning. Other secondary factors associated with disease besides depression can also negatively impact cognitive functioning, including anxiety, pain, fatigue, and motor impairments, to name a few. Despite the widespread appreciation of the importance of such secondary factors on cognitive functioning in clinical neuropsychology, there has never been a single source for this information that is readily available to clinicians and researchers. The present volume provides such a source, using an evidence-based framework comprised of two broad sections. The first section includes chapters that comprehensively address particular secondary influences, independent of any particular neurological disorder. For example, there are chapters on the impact on cognitive functioning of depression, anxiety, fatigue, pain, diagnosis threat, and symptom invalidity. The second section has chapters that focus on specific neurological conditions and the most salient secondary factors that need to be considered in these conditions. Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Parkinson's Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's Disease/MCI/Stroke, and Epilepsy are all considered. The chapters include vivid case studies that illustrate the principles outlined in the chapters to help clinicians consider how such principles can apply to particular patients. Chapters also include evidence-based guidelines for clinical practice. The final chapter highlights some areas espe "The need to heighten awareness in the field of non-neurological influences on neuropsychological test scores is critical and this is an estimable attempt to broach the topic. Readers will find this book enlightening and critical to implement in their practice. There are some weaknesses that stop the book short of its pinnacle, but these hopefully will be addressed in the next edition." -- Doody's Zusammenfassung This exciting new, evidence-based book provides clinicians with a single source for considering the impact of secondary factors on cognitive dysfunction in neurological patients. The influence on testing of depression, anxiety, fatigue, pain, diagnosis threat, and symptom invalidity are all considered in the context of particular neurological disorders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the National Academy of Neuropsychological Series on Evidence-Based Practices Preface to the Second Volume in the National Academy of Neuropsychological Series on Evidence-Based Practices: Secondary Influences on Neuropsychological Test Performance Contributors 1. Introduction to secondary influences of neuropsychological test performance Peter Arnett Part I: Relationship of Affective Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Fatigue, Motor Impairments, Diagnosis Threat, and Effort to Cognitive Functioning 2. Symptom Invalidity on Neuropsychological Testing 3. Depression and affective disorders: Impact on the level of cognitive functioning 3. Neuropsychological Deficits in Major Depressive Disorder: Correlates and Conundrums of cognitive functioning Michael Basso, Ashely Miller, Eduardo Estevis and Dennis Combs 4. The Allure of Em...
