En esta obra, el autor propone la creación de un modelo de análisis y tratamiento neuropsicológico de los disturbios de las funciones cerebrales que comúnmente afligen al adulto mayor. Siguiendo los lineamientos teórico-experimentales de la escuela neuropsicología de A.R.Luria, el Dr. Dergan propone un enfoque multifuncional en donde diversos factores biológicos, histórico-culturales e interpersonales, se interrelacionan como un ente holístico, jugando un papel determinante, no solo en la formación y desarrollo de sistemas evolutivos, empero también en la formación de patrones de desincronización de las funciones superiores psicológicas, comúnmente vistos en la involución.

El libro Trastornos neurocognitivos en el adulto mayor: evaluación, diagnóstico e intervención neuropsicológica plantea con la mayor cantidad de evidencia científica posible los aportes que se han realizado en la conceptualización, la evaluación, el diagnóstico y la rehabilitación sobre el adulto mayor desde el área de la neuropsicología. El libro consta de cuatro apartados compuestos por 12 capítulos en donde se abordan diferentes temas como los cambios en la dinámica cerebral, en la cognición y el comportamiento durante el envejecimiento, la neuropsicología de las demencias, cuya clara estructura y abundancia de cuadros comparativos facilita su lectura y la labor del clínico a la hora de hacer el diagnóstico, o bien, se ofrece una revisión muy completa de los instrumentos más utilizados en la evaluación neuropsicológica de las personas mayores para hacer el diagnóstico diferencial de la demencia, sin dejar de insistir que la evaluación neuropsicológica va mucho más allá de la aplicación de pruebas y requiere de la valoración cualitativa. Sin duda este libro será de utilidad para estudiantes y profesionales de la psicología, la medicina, la enfermería, la neuropsicología y otras disciplinas dando herramientas auxiliares para la intervención neuropsicológica durante esta etapa de la vida.

Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Children and Adolescents provides rehabilitation professionals in all areas of rehabilitation with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework for treatment of brain-injured children and adolescents. The book begins with an explanation of the pathophysiology of closed head injury and its typical consequences, leads the reader through various clinical intervention and therapeutic techniques, and concludes with guidelines for re-integrating the child into school, family, and work communities. Drawing upon the authors' backgrounds in speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and neurology, the book presents a thorough discussion of all areas of head injury rehabilitation.

An extended version of the first edition, this book includes a set of research review papers which supplement the contents of each chapter by providing a discussion of current research issues and detailed investigations of individual cases.

The past decade has brought important advances in our understanding of the brain, particularly its influence on the behavior, emotions, and personality of children and adolescents. In the tradition of its predecessors, the third edition of the Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology enhances this understanding by emphasizing current best practice, up-to-date science, and emerging theoretical trends for a comprehensive review of the field. Along with the Handbook’s impressive coverage of normal development, pathology, and professional issues, brand-new chapters highlight critical topics in assessment, diagnostic, and treatment, including, The role and prevalence of brain dysfunction in ADHD, conduct disorder, the autistic spectrum, and other childhood disorders; The neuropsychology of learning disabilities; Assessment of Spanish-speaking children and youth; Using the PASS (planning, attention, simultaneous, successive) theory in neurological assessment; Forensic child neuropsychology; Interventions for pediatric coma. With singular range, timeliness, and clarity, the newly updated Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology reflects and addresses the ongoing concerns of practitioners as diverse as neuropsychologists, neurologists, clinical psychologists, pediatricians, and physical and speech-language therapists.

Practitioners seeking the most current advances in the field of ADHD and LD must often bridge the gap between research and practice. This title provides that bridge through the authors, who are both researchers and practitioners with extensive experience in providing direct services to children and adults with ADHD and LD.

The Phenomenological Mind is the first book to properly introduce fundamental questions about the mind from the perspective of phenomenology. Key questions and topics covered include: • what is phenomenology? • naturalizing phenomenology and the cognitive sciences • phenomenology and consciousness • consciousness and self-consciousness • time and consciousness • intentionality • the embodied mind • action • knowledge of other minds • situated and extended minds • phenomenology and personal identity. This second edition includes a new preface, and revised and improved chapters. Also included are helpful features such as chapter summaries, guides to further reading, and a glossary, making The Phenomenological Mind an ideal introduction to key concepts in phenomenology, cognitive science and philosophy of mind.