Clinical Neuropsychology: A Pocket Handbook for Assessment

by Peter J. Snyder (Founding Editor), Michael W. Parsons (Editor), Thomas A. Hammeke (Editor)

This bestselling, comprehensive assessment guide has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest changes in the rapidly maturing field of clinical neuropsychology. This third edition expertly leads neuropsychologists and trainees through the complicated process of assessing, diagnosing, and treating an enormous range of neurologic, neuropsychological, psychiatric, and behavioral disorders and syndromes. New chapters in this edition cover emerging areas such as cultural neuropsychology and somatic disorders, and emphasize newly discovered links between drug abuse and impulse control disorders, while diagnostic information has been updated throughout to reflect the newest DSM-5 criteria. Readers will also gain access to a cache of tools and supplementary material on the APA website, including videos of assessment techniques, audio samples of language deficiencies, and a wealth of diagrams and images that draw upon the latest brain imaging technologies. It is appropriate for neuropsychologists across all health care settings - from emergency rooms, oncology departments, and infectious disease programs, in cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry departments.

Genres: Psychology, Neuroscience, Textbooks

741 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Dr. Peter Jeffrey Snyder PhD, neuropsychologist.

Reviews

[Abnoos · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first manual I used for neuropsychological assessment course and it turned out to be a great help!
Perfect for creating assessment charts, finding necessary and relevant assessment tests, evaluating the results.
With extra information about each condition.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredibly helpful resource!

[Chrissy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the chapters were much better than others (each was written by a different group of experts in the appropriate field), and the editors could have done a better job of removing overlap and matching formatting across chapters....

But these are common enough issues with textbooks of this sort, and it was quite informative and thorough overall. I found it to be a fantastic read compared to so many neuro texts, as it cuts out the fat and delivers exactly what you need to know (clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria and tests, neurological correlates) in a clear an concise manner. It also contains extremely handy charts, tables, and visualizations to help you organize differential diagnoses in your mind.

[Nikki]

I coauthored Chapter 1 of the first edition of this book under my maiden name. I'll have to check out the second edition to see if the editors kept my chapter.