Screening for Brain Impairment: A Manual for Mental Health Practice

In the 13 years since the publication of the second edition of Screening for Brain Impairment, there has been an explosion new knowledge regarding brain-behavior relations. The new and extensively updated third edition of this book will be a valuable resource for a broad range of medical and mental health practitioners, including general clinicians who are increasing their awareness of the potential neuropsychological aspects of their patients and medical professionals who are evaluating the possibility of cognitive and emotional correlates of medical disorders. The third edition is a valuable information resource to assist medical and mental health professionals in their neuropsychological endeavors. This is a new and extensively updated edition of the widely used text. It is authored by the top practitioners in this arena. It provides new information on screening for and assessing the emotional correlates of brain impairment. The new focus is on adult attention deficit disorder. It includes a new chapter on computerized assessment. It also includes a new chapter on developing relations with other professionals including clinical neuropsychologists, neurologists, primary care physicians, neurosurgeons, and psychiatrists.