Handbook of Neuropsychological Assessment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Historical Perspectives

   1. Historical Perspectives

      • Gerald Goldstein

      Pages 1-10

3. Constitutional and Demographic Factors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-13

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   2. Perinatal

      • Eugene K. Emory, Tammy M. Savoie, Joan Ballard, Marion Eppler, Cynthia O’Dell

      Pages 15-48

   3. Childhood

      • Morris J. Cohen, Walter B. Branch, W. Grant Willis, Lisa L. Weyandt, George W. Hynd

      Pages 49-79

   4. Adult Development and Aging

      • Asenath La Rue

      Pages 81-119

   5. Sex and Gender

      • Janet R. Matthews

      Pages 121-139

   6. Handedness and Lateralization

      • Polly Henninger

      Pages 141-179

   7. Socioeducational

      • Alfredo Ardila, Monica Rosselli, Feggy Ostrosky-Solis

      Pages 181-192

   8. Bilingualism

      • Sonia Manuel-Dupont, Alfredo Ardila, Monica Rosselli, Antonio E. Puente

      Pages 193-210

4. Psychopathological Factors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-213

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   2. Anxiety Disorders

      • Susan M. Orsillo, Robert J. McCaffrey

      Pages 215-261

   3. Depressive Disorders

      • Peter J. Newman, Jerry J. Sweet

      Pages 263-307

   4. Schizophrenic Disorders

      • Elaine Walker, Marsha Lucas, Richard Lewine

      Pages 309-334

   5. Pseudoneurological and Psychosomatic Disorders

      • Arthur Macneill Horton Jr.

      Pages 335-352

   6. Deception and Malingering

      • Laurence M. Binder

      Pages 353-374

5. Biological and Environmental Factors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 375-377

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   2. Pathology of the Peripheral Nervous System

      • Eugene R. Delay, Walter Isaac

      Pages 379-417

   3. Cardiovascular and Somatic Disorders

      • Tyler S. Lorig

      Pages 419-433

   4. Neurosurgical Interventions and Neuropsychology

      • B. P. Uzzell

      Pages 435-455

The growth of clinical neuropsychology has been unprecedented. This growth has been oriented more toward the provision of than toward the foundation for services. Thus, while a greater number of psychologists are performing a greater number of neuropsychological procedures, there seems to us an uneven parallel growth between these services and the empirical foundations for them. It should come to no one's surprise that increasingly aggressive attacks on the field have been leveled. Despite these attacks, clinical neuropsychology con­ tinues to enjoy exceptional growth within psychology and acceptance by other health practitioners, insurance companies, legislators, judges, juries, and above all, consumers of our services. Growth without self-reflection is a dangerous enterprise, as is growth without directions. We find it disconcerting that existing and limited "self­ analysis" has assumed that neuropsychological dysfunction is immune to the same variables that affect psychological dysfunction. Some attention has been paid to the most obvious ones, such as age, but all others have been ignored and/ or misunderstood. This neglect has spawned a body of knowledge replete with questionable data and unfounded conclusions. Hence, it is surprising that clinical neuropsychologists consider themselves to be more scientifically sound than their regular clinical counterparts.

• assessment
• brain
• intervention
• nervous system

• Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, USA

  Antonio E. Puente

• Department of Psychology, The University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, USA

  Robert J. McCaffrey

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