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Aging and Neuropsychological Assessment

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Asenath Rue

    1. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Neuropsychology (CINP)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Normal Aging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Aging and Older Adults

      • Asenath La Rue
      Pages 3-23

    3. The Aging Brain

      • Asenath La Rue
      Pages 25-46

    4. Cognition in Normal Aging

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      Pages 47-77

    5. Neuropsychological Assessment Procedures

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      Pages 79-119

    6. Examples of Normal Performance

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      Pages 121-139

  3. Common Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Delirium and Dementia

      • Asenath La Rue
      Pages 143-161

    3. Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Asenath La Rue
      Pages 163-197

    4. Parkinson’s Disease

      • Asenath La Rue
      Pages 199-220

    5. Vascular Dementia

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      Pages 221-237

    6. Dementia

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      Pages 239-257

    7. Depression

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      Pages 259-289

    8. Depression

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      Pages 291-303

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 305-369
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About this book

It is a privilege to be asked to write the foreword for so excellent a book, so timely and so much needed by the field. Not only is it most unusual these days to have a single­ authored volume on so broad a topic, but Dr. La Rue has done a superb job of providing both a scholarly treatise and a practical handbook. With a burgeoning elderly population and the corresponding increase in geriatric psychopathology, the needs of mental health services are exceeding by far the supply of appropriate providers. In an effort to meet this need, psychiatry, medicine, neurology, pharmacology, psychology, nursing, and social work have all made the provision of training in geriatrics and gerontology a high priority-but I fear we are losing the race. For example, multidisciplinary teams that assess, diagnose, and treat mental health disorders in elderly patients are incomplete without clinical psychologists and neuropsy­ chologists, and yet there is barely a handful of clinical psychologists trained in dealing with geriatric patients. We can count on our fingers the additional ones graduated each year. In hospitals, clinics, and private practices across the country, otherwise skilled psychologists are unprepared to respond to the special mental health needs of the elderly. A few CME programs are helping to address this need, but they are clearly not enough.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Asenath Rue

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aging and Neuropsychological Assessment

  • Authors: Asenath Rue

  • Series Title: Critical Issues in Neuropsychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9119-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44062-5Published: 31 August 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9121-1Published: 29 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9119-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4565

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 370

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology

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