Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index

General introduction : what is the relevance of neuropsychology for clinical psychology practice? Neuroscience background Neuroanatomy and neuropathology Neurological investigations Neuropsychological assessment: general issues Psychological and psychiatric aspects of brain disorder: nature, assessment and implications for clinical neuropsychology Effects of prescribed and recreational drug use on cognitive functioning Quantitative aspects of neuropsychological assessment Adult neuropsychology Disorders of memory Disorders of language and communication Executive dysfunction Acquired disorders of voluntary movement Visuo-spatial and attentional disorders Disorders of number processing and calculation Neuropsychology: specialist areas of work Clinical neuropsychological assessment of children Neuropsychological assessment of older adults Neuropsychology of frontotemporal lobar degeneration : frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia and progressive non-fluent aphasia Very severe and profound brain injury Neuropsychology and the law Mental capacity Rehabilitation Theoretical approaches to cognitive rehabilitation Planning, delivering and evaluating services Research design and outcome evaluation Interventions for psychological problems after brain injury Neurorehabilitation strategies for people with neurodegenerative conditions Driving in neurological patients