Assessment of Neuropsychological Functions in Psychiatric Disorders - 9780880489126

In recent years, neuropsychology has contributed significantly to our knowledge of many psychiatric disorders. Clinicians and researchers frequently use neuropsychological evidence in their daily work to understand the diagnostic picture as well as the patients strengths and limitations in everyday functioning.

Assessment of Neuropsychological Functions in Psychiatric Disorders covers findings on all major psychiatric disorders. A result of a joint effort by over twenty experts in their field, this book looks at neuropsychological assessment, phenomenology, and rehabilitation of psychiatric patients.

It provides a concise review of neuropsychological assessment methods and their application to psychiatric patients. Global cognitive effects are addressed with respect to duration, extent, and residual effects. The book also examines the narrow margin between mental and organic dysfunctions.

It covers neuropsychological functions such as memory, language, visuospatial and other perceptual functions, and visuoconstructive ability. It examines the interaction of phenomenological, neurobiological, and neuropsychological findings in childhood disorders. It also includes the effects of drugs and alcohol on neuropsychological functions and brain functions.

Each chapter addresses neuropsychological functions in a different disorder, such as schizophrenia, affective illness, nonaffective disorders, personality disorders, childhood mental disorders, chronic medical illness with psychiatric manifestations, geriatric conditions, dementia conditions, and drug and alcohol abuse.

It provides clinicians and researchers with the latest knowledge about neuropsychological functions in psychiatric disorders.