Methodology in Neuropsychological Assessment

An Interpretative Approach to Guide Clinical Practice

Sara Mondini, Marinella Cappelletti, Giorgio Arcara

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032049298
• eBook ISBN: 9781000640861
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
• Index: Psychology

Methodology in Neuropsychological Assessment: An Interpretative Approach to Guide Clinical Practice provides practical and methodological guidance for neuropsychologists working with people with brain lesions or brain dysfunctions. The textbook underlines the principles that can be used to guide clinicians in recognizing and interpreting signs and symptoms while enabling a complete neuropsychological assessment through a series of well-defined steps. The text provides a detailed methodological approach towards neuropsychological tools, with guidance on how to select the right test and how to interpret the outcome, which can act as a primer for a clinician through every step of the assessment in a coherent and reasoned way.

The textbook presents an exhaustive discussion of the varied tools that a clinician can employ to complete a rigorous and consistent neuropsychological assessment. It guides the reader from the first step of collecting the personal history of the examinee – the anamnesis – to the selection of suitable psychometric tests and scoring, which is accordingly integrated to formulate the neuropsychological diagnosis and write up the neuropsychological report. Chapters also include coverage of the neuropsychological interview with the examinee and their family and the probability of identifying a disorder with a neuropsychological assessment. The authors have further included a series of detailed and explanatory clinical cases from their experience to expand upon the evaluation process.

The textbook is valuable reading for students in clinical neuropsychology who are learning to carry out neuropsychological evaluations as well as clinicians who are seeking to develop a more comprehensive approach towards performing a thorough neuropsychological assessment.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• An introduction to methodology in neuropsychology
• 1 Principles, objectives and settings
• 2 Anamnesis and semeiotics
• 3 The neuropsychological interview
• 4 Psychometric assessment and neuropsychological tests
• 5 Test scores
• 6 Test scores: attribution and interpretation
• 7 The probability of identifying a pathology in neuropsychological assessment
• 8 Neuropsychological diagnosis, feedback and report
• 9 Examples of clinical cases and reports
• Appendix 1: Form used by the neuropsychologist to collect signs and symptoms during an assessment
• Appendix 2: The Cognitive Reserve Index Questionnaire (CRIq)
• Appendix 3: Implicit inferences in the report
• Glossary
• References
• Index