Beschreibung:
This volume brings together leading clinical investigators to describe effective interventions for a wide range of neuropsychological impairments. Coverage includes cognitive impairments/m-/problems with attention, learning and memory, visuoperception, language, apraxia, and executive functions/m-/as well as neurologically based social and emotional difficulties. Presented is a framework for developing, delivering, and evaluating services that target these specific areas of functioning while promoting the individual's overall adaptation and recovery. Chapters also address the importance of multidimensional assessment, provide best practice guidelines for clinical research, and discuss the role of pharmacotherapy in cognitive rehabilitation.
Part I: Foundations of Neuropsychological Interventions. Eslinger, Oliveri, Approaching Interventions Clinically and Scientifically. Barrett, Gonzalez-Rothi, Theoretical Bases for Neuropsychological Interventions. Bergquist, Malec, Neuropsychological Assessment for Treatment Planning and Research. Whyte, Pharmacological Treatment of Cognitive Impairments: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations. Levine, Downey-Lamb, Design and Evaluation of Rehabilitation Experiments. Part II: Models of Intervention for Neuropsychological Impairments. Manly, Ward, Robertson, The Rehabilitation of Attention. E. L. Glisky, M. L. Glisky, Learning and Memory Impairments. Anderson, Visuoperceptual Impairments. Hinckley, Models of Language Rehabiliation. van Heugten, Apraxia. Cicerone, The Enigma of Executive Functioning: Theoretical Contributions to Therapeutic Interventions. Grattan, Ghahramanlou, The Rehabilitation of Neurologically Based Social Disturbances. Flaherty, Barrett, Eslinger, Emotion-Related Processing Impairments. Part III: Future Directions. Eslinger, Neuropsychological Interventions in the 21st Century.