Neuropsychological Assessment

by Muriel Deutsch Lezak, David W. Loring, H. Julia Hannay

Well-known as the "bible" in its field, this text/reference has been thoroughly revised and updated by a team of internationally recognized and clinically experienced neuropsychologists. Drawing on their diverse interests, they provide authoritative, broad-based, and in-depth coverage of current research and clinical practice in neuropsychology. They have not, however, changed the book's overall organization. The first eight chapters present the knowledge base for understanding the principles and practice of patient-oriented, hypothesis-testing neuropsychological assessment. The last 12 chapters review nearly all tests and assessment techniques discussed in previous editions plus many new ones and recent revisions of older tests. The extent of the updating is apparent from the fact that approximately half of the more than 7,000 references cited appeared since the last edition was published.
Many new topics relevant to current assessment practices have been added to the 4th edition. The chapter on examination procedures, for example, now contains sections on cognitive functioning in pain and PTSD patients. The chapter on brain disorders includes new material on electrical/lighting injuries, migraine, Alzheimer's disease and other dementing disorders, and both medical and psychological treatments. The discussion of assessment procedures has been updated throughout to cover recently published test batteries used in general neuropsychological assessment (e.g., mental abilities, memory), newly developed batteries for specific issues (e.g., frontal lobe evaluation), and recent research on older neuropsychological assessment batteries. The fully revised chapter on assessing response bias describes and evaluates more than 60 tests, test combinations, and other measures for detecting questionable effort within the context of forensic neuropsychological assessment.

Genres: Psychology, Neuroscience, Nonfiction, Science, Textbooks

1032 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[John Burnett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very relevant to the field and extremely detailed. Use it as your primary source of information related to neuropsych assessment. Be sure to supplement it with more concise references, but don't leave this one out of your collection.

[Synne Sylibris]

Did I read the entire book? Absolutely not! But I did read those seven chapters I was supposed to read (and some of them were looong), so I'm marking it as read😎
I read chapter 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

[Selena (Fae✨inmysparetime) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wowza there aren’t many books that can be placed in equal running to this one! The shear depth and breath of Zenak’s research is astounding. It is a monster book of knowledge and simply not a light read by any stretch of the imagination. Let’s hope I’ve encoded enough of it in my hippocampus for the exam!

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprehensive reference. Great reading for a rainy day... if you like that sort of thing ;)

[Alinde · Rating 2 out of 5]

“Een Studieboek Is Ook Een Boek” Deel 2:
Niet om als zo iemand die alleen maar boeken met plaatjes kan lezen te klinken, maar dit boek was echt werkelijk alleen maar tekst. Verder dan italics en indents gaat het qua vormgeving niet. Niet eens van die kleine gehighlighte stukjes met random extra informatie die je gewoon kan overslaan! Inhoudelijk natuurlijk hartstikke interessant en ook een mooi overzicht van alles wat je moet weten over NA, maar door de vormgeving werd de leeservaring wel een soort marteling.

[Elena · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not clear and concise editing. Information is repeated multiple times in the same chapter. It seems at some points that the way they intended to categorize the information is not always clear.

[Ida Aasebøstøl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nøttig!

[Erica Holwager · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dense but nice all encompassing reference

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

no, I didn't read it cover to cover...not a complete geek! But it is the "bible" of neuropsychology and a fantastic resource.

[Dr. E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read during a grueling final year of doctoral studies. Utilization is worthy.