
Quick Cognitive Screening for Clinicians
Clock-drawing and Other Brief Tests
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 20. April 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-415-40947-6 (ISBN)
Description
Cognitive screening tests are essential instruments for clinicians working with patients suffering from dementias, brain injury, multiple sclerosis and many other neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. This authoritative book highlights the importance of early detection, focusing on those cognitive screening tests that can be carried out quickly and yet provide essential information for the assessment, management and treatment of these patients. Explanation is given on how and when these tests should be used and the book also helps to synthesize the vast body of literature available in this area, providing clinicians with essential practical tools for use in their daily practice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional and Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
301 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-40947-6 (9780415409476)
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Kenneth I. Shulman | Anthony Feinstein
Quick Cognitive Screening for Clinicians
Clock-drawing and Other Brief Tests
Book
06/2003
1st Edition
CRC Press
€241.50
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Kenneth I. Shulman | Anthony Feinstein
Quick Cognitive Screening for Clinicians
Clock-drawing and Other Brief Tests
E-Book
06/2003
CRC Press
€158.99
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Persons
Anthony Feinstein, Kenneth I. Shulman
Content
1. Introduction to Cognitive Screening 2. Premorbid Intellectual Functioning 3. Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) 4. The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) 5. Clinical Vignettes 6. Tests of Frontal Lobe Function 7. Short Cognitive Screens and Batteries 8. Informant Questionnaires 9. Neuroimaging Correlates of Cognitive Dysfunction