| Quick Cognitive Screening for Clinicians: Clock-drawing and Other Brief Tests Revised Edition Contributor(s): Shulman, Kenneth I. (Author), Feinstein, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415409470 ISBN-13: 9780415409476 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Cognitive screening instruments provide clues for the localization of brain dysfunction, especially executive impairment. Highlighting the importance of early detection, Quick Cognitive Screening for Clinicians: Mini Mental, Clock-Drawing and Other Brief Tests focuses on those cognitive screening tests that can be carried out quickly and yet provide key information for the assessment, management, and treatment of these patients. This collaboration brings together the rapidly growing and overlapping fields of geriatric psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. The author explains how and when these tests should be used and helps synthesize the vast body of literature available in this area, providing clinicians with practical tools they will use on a daily basis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Psychiatry - General - Medical | Neurology - Medical | Geriatrics |
| Dewey: 616.807 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.36" W x 9.15" (0.94 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
