This encyclopedia serves as a unified, comprehensive reference for professionals involved in the diagnosis, evaluation, and rehabilitation of adult patients and children with neuropsychological disorders. It addresses psychological, psychosocial, and psychiatric aspects of an array of neurological disorders, emphasizing treatment and rehabilitation, not just assessment and diagnosis.

Clinical neuropsychology is a rapidly evolving specialty whose practitioners treat persons with traumatic brain injury, stroke and other vascular impairments, brain tumors, epilepsy and non-epileptic seizure disorders, developmental disabilities, progressive neurological disorders, HIV- and AIDS-related disorders, and dementia, among many others. The Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology provides concise and comprehensive coverage of assessment, treatment and rehabilitation in a single source. Coverage includes entries on evaluation, treatment, and case consultation in child, adult, and the expanding geriatric population. The Encyclopedia offers more than fifteen hundred entries with linked cross-references and suggested readings. A groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind reference, the Encyclopedia functions as a unified, comprehensive reference for professionals involved in the diagnosis, evaluation, and rehabilitation of persons with neuropsychological disorders.

Assessment strategies.- Behavioral syndromes and disorders.- Biographies of leading professionals in the field.- Care systems.- Diagnosis and diagnostic labels.- Educational and vocational issues.- Accommodations. - Forensic issues.- General issues.- Imaging modalities and techniques.- -Medical issues.- Medications.- Movement disorders.- Neurological disorders and injuries.- Neurological syndromes.- Professional issues.- Rehabilitation interventions.- Test batteries.- Tests and assessment tools.