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Klappentext Fractured Minds introduces the reader to clinical neuropsychology through vivid case descriptions of adults who have suffered brain damage. At one level, this is a book about the courage, humor, and determination to triumph over illness and disability that many "ordinary people" demonstratewhen coping with the extraordinary stress of a brain disorder. On another level, it is a well-referenced and up-to-date textbook that provides a holistic view of the practice of clinical neuropsychology. Included are reader-friendly descriptions and explanations of a wide range of neurologicaldisorders and neuroscientific concepts. Two introductory chapters are followed by 17 chapters that each focus on a specific disorder and include research, clinical assessment, rehabilitation, and a detailed case study. Disorders range across the full spectrum from common ones such as traumaticbrain injury and dementia, to rare disorders such as autotopagnosia. Each of the 16 chapters retained from the first edition has been revised to reflect current research and clinical advances. Three new chapters on multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease incorporatediscussion of important current topics such as genetically-transmitted diseases, genetic counseling, gene transplantation, functional neurosurgery, and the complex ethical issues that go hand-in-hand with these new techniques. This informative and engaging book will be of interest to students ofclinical psychology, neuropsychology, and neurology, health professionals who work with neurological patients, neurological patients and their families, and lay readers who are simply fascinated by the mind and brain. Zusammenfassung Introduces the reader to clinical neuropsychology through case descriptions of adults who have suffered brain damage. At one level, this is a book about the courage to triumph over illness and disability when coping with a brain disorder. On another level, it is a textbook that provides a view of the practice of clinical neuropsychology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction to clinical neuropsychology 2: The neuropsychological assessment 3: Marooned in the moment: H. M., A case of global America 4: Out of control: the consequences and treatment of epilepsy 5: The breakdown of language: case studies of aphasia 6: A body in the mind: a case of autopagnosia 7: Out of mind, out of sight: a case of hemineglect 8: Vision without knowledge: visual object agnosia and prosopagnosia 9: The impaired executive: a case of frontal-lobe dysfunction 10: Beating the odds: severe head injury and the importance of ongoing rehabilitation 11: The unseen injury: minor closed head injury 12: Explosions in the mind: a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage 13: Twenty years too late: organic solvent neurotoxicity 14: Tomorrow is another day: living with multiple sclerosis 15: Mind over matter: coping with Parkinson's Disease 16: Huntington's disease: a family challenged 17: Dementia: a family tragedy 18: Split brain, split mind? Case L. B. 19: A whole life with half a brain: Kate's story ...
