Category: Psychology Press Book
Neuropsychological Evaluation of Somatoform and Other Functional Somatic Conditions
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe differences between conscious and unconscious symptom feigning. 2. List early developmental risk factors for somatization. 3. Discuss potential parental contributions to somatoform disorders. 4. Identify different forms of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures….
New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evidence Base for Clinical Practice
Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the epidemiology, mechanisms, and pathophysiology of pediatric TBI. 2. Explain the process of assessing pediatric TBI from the acute through residual phases. 3. Describe evidence-based outcomes and their predictors following pediatric…
Clinical Neuropsychological Foundations of Schizophrenia
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the genetic and environmental interactions that can result in schizophrenia. 2. Identify the pattern and type of neuropsychology deficits in individuals with schizophrenia. 3. Describe the structural brain imaging findings in…
Neuropsychology of Malingering Casebook
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the term secondary gain. 2. Recognize the differences between neuropsychological evaluations that occur in a forensic vs. clinical context. 3. Describe the differential diagnosis of malingering. 4. Describe the “standard of…