Cultural Diversity in Neuropsychological Assessment provides a platform for clinical neuropsychologists, psychologists, and trainees to bridge cultures and speak to each other about the ethnically diverse communities they serve throughout the world. It allows readers to peek into their clinical filing cabinets and examine how they worked with diverse individuals from indigenous and migrant communities of Arab, Asian, European, Israeli, Latin American and Caribbean, Persian, Russian, Sub-Saharan African, and North American origin. The book first reviews important foundations for working with diverse communities that include key knowledge, awareness, skills, and action orientation. It then provides a collection of cases for each cultural geographic region. Each section begins with an introductory chapter to provide a bird’s eye view of the historical and current state of clinical and research practice of neuropsychology in that region. Then, each chapter focuses on a specific community by providing surface and deep-level cultural background knowledge from the authors’ unique perspectives. A case study is then covered in depth to practically showcase an evaluation with someone from that community. This is followed by a summary of key strategic points, lessons learned, references, further readings, and a glossary of culture specific terminology used throughout the chapter. In the end, the appendix provides a list of culturally relevant tests and norms for some communities. This ground-breaking peer-reviewed handbook provides an invaluable clinical resource for neuropsychologists, psychologists, and trainees. It increases self-reflection about multicultural awareness and knowledge, highlights practical ways to increase cultural understanding in neuropsychological and psychological assessments, and sparks further discussion for professional and personal growth in this area.

Manual práctico, editado en origen por la American Psychiatric Association, para uso de consulta diaria en la práctica psiquiátrica. Recoge en un compendio de tablas todos los datos necesarios en la práctica psiquiátrica moderna, para lo que se basa en la experiencia clínica de los autores en la prestigiosa Clínica Mayo. Incluye, entre otra información relevante, listas de comprobación para la evaluación diagnóstica, modelos para informes, la clasificación de los trastornos mentales del DSM-IV revisado y últimos avances y novedades en psicofármacos y revisa desde los datos clave en la evaluación e historia del paciente hasta los últimos avances en tratamiento psicofarmacológico y especialidades psiquiátricas como urgencias o psiquiatría de enlace. Manual práctico, editado en origen por la American Psychiatric Association, para uso de consulta diaria en la práctica psiquiátrica. Incluye, entre otra información relevante, listas de comprobación para la evaluación diagnóstica, modelos para informes, la clasificación de los trastornos mentales del DSM-IV revisado y últimos avances y novedades en psicofármacos.

Aging well and actively is the real objective of human being. This book is an up-to-date and realistic view on physiopathological mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases. The book includes topical contributions from multiple disciplines to support the fundamental goals of extending active life and enhancing its quality.

This book focuses on diversity, culture, and ethnicity as they relate to psychological assessment of Hispanics. It is a how-to guide for clinicians, researchers, and instructors working with Hispanic clients. Each chapter contains an overview of cultural considerations needed for assessing the Hispanic client followed by a specific exploration of the assessment measures available and the research that has been conducted on these measures with Hispanic participants. An exploration of the strengths and limitations of each assessment measure is included. Considering that ethnocultural minority individuals who are of Hispanic/Latino origin make up the largest ethnocultural minority group in the United States, guidelines for working with this population are a must. Given that a large subset of this percentage is composed of immigrants many of whom do not speak English or who have learned English as a second language, special considerations for effective psychological assessment are neccessary.This book fills a gap in the scientific literature by consolidating the research on psychological assessment with Hispanic samples into one comprehensive volume and providing simple recommendations for the psychological assessment of Hispanic clients. An exploration of the general psychological assessment domains (e.g., personality, intelligence) is included with references to research on the major assessment measures used in the field. A more specific exploration of psychodiagnostic assessment measures follows, including the assessment of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, sexual dysfunction, psychosis, etc. Several chapters are dedicated to specialized assessment, including neuropsychological assessment, forensic assessment, and school-based assessment, overall creating the most comprehensive, up-to-date, research-based compendium of psychological assessment measures for use with Hispanic clients.

El Protocolo de Exploración Neuropsicológica del Aprendizaje Relacional - InfantoJuvenil (PENpAR-IJ) consiste en una propuesta estructurada, sistemática y con coherencia interna de una serie de pruebas psicológicas utilizadas para el estudio de dimensiones del procesamiento emocional, de las habilidades mentalistas y del comportamiento relacional y ético. Pretende facilitar al psicólogo clínico la evaluación de habilidades comprometidas en el aprendizaje relacional en población infantojuvenil, entre los 3 años y el final de la adolescencia, en diferentes trastornos mentales.