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Features a tiered approach with rapid, intermediate and longer assessments depending on the clinical urgency and context.
Incorporates neurological, neuropsychological, neuropsychiatric and language assessments.
Based on the newly appreciated network organization of the brain which subserve these cognitive processes.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This first-of-its-kind book offers clinicians a unique and comprehensive system of cognitive and behavioral testing that is tiered and context-appropriate for the diagnosis of mental status. Because the challenge nowadays with neurologic syndrome presentations is no longer merely lesion localization, but the degree, extent and nature of a cognitive and/or behavioral impairment, this work proposes a more targeted system of mentation evaluation -- one that incorporates behavioral, neurological, neuropsychiatric, and neuropsychological components.
Developed by synthesizing outcomes data from a range of stroke registries, this novel work offers a stepwise, hierarchical approach to mentation evaluation largely determined by level of consciousness and degree of cooperation. Organized across 14 chapters, the book begins with an introduction to the challenges of cognitive and behavioral assessment, as well as a discussion of various clinical presentations ranging from mild behavioral impairment to cognitive reserve and its implications. Subsequent chapters then address various approaches to mental status evaluation and explore how these tests affect brain physiology. The work closes with a unique discussion of the various lay populations that may benefit from cognitive and behavioral evaluation.
Authored by a renowned expert in the field, Clinical Mentation Evaluation: A Connectomal Approach to Rapid and Comprehensive Assessment is an invaluable reference that seeks to revitalize neurological and psychiatric disease measurement within the clinical setting. The work will be of interest to all clinicians in training and clinical practice who regularly, or even periodically, conduct mental status examination.
Authors and Affiliations
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Professor of Neurology, University of Central Florida, Chief of Neurology, Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, USA
Michael Hoffmann
About the author
Michael Hoffmann, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
University of Central Florida
Orlando VA Medical Center
Orlando, FL 32801
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Clinical Mentation Evaluation
Book Subtitle: A Connectomal Approach to Rapid and Comprehensive Assessment
Authors: Michael Hoffmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46324-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46323-6Published: 01 June 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46324-3Published: 31 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 180
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neuropsychology, Neurology, Cognitive Psychology