Pediatric Neuropsychology: Research, Theory, and Practice

Yeates, Keith Owen; Ris, M. Douglas

ISBN 10: 157230507X ISBN 13: 9781572305076

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1999

Synopsis

Featuring contributions from leading experts, this volume provides an up-to-date review of neurological and other medical conditions that affect the neuropsychological functioning of children and adolescents. The book is structured for use as both an everyday reference and teaching tool. Included are state-of-the-art descriptions of a broad range of disorders, as well as theoretical and clinical perspectives. The epidemiology, neuropathology and pathophysiology, and neuropsychological consequences of specific conditions are described. The existing scientific literature is reviewed and critiqued from conceptual and methodological perspectives, and directions for future research are suggested.

About this title

About the Author

Keith Owen Yeates, PhD, ABPP-CN, The Ohio State University and Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

M. Douglas Ris, PhD, ABPP-CN, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

H. Gerry Taylor, PhD, ABPP-CN, Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Foreword by Arthur Benton, PhD
Commentary by Byron P. Rourke, PhD, FRSC, ABPP-CN

From the Back Cover

This book is an admirable example of the fruits of...remarkable progress....[Chapters] cover in detail and with uncommon acumen the behavioral sequelae of neurological and non-neurological diseases of children with which neuropsychologists are frequently called upon to deal. Presenting new findings and correcting mistaken assumptions, they reflect a new and higher level of understanding and judgment; this is bound to have a salutary influence on clinical practice (From the Foreword by Arthur L. Benton, PhD).

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I. Introduction
1. Childhood Medical Disorders and Cognitive Impairment: Biological Risk, Time, Development, and Reserve, Maureen Dennis
II. Primary Disorders of the Central Nervous System
2. Hydrocephalus, Jack M. Fletcher, Maureen Dennis, and Hope Northrup
3. Epilepsy, Jane Williams and Gregory B. Sharp
4. Brain Tumors, Robin D. Morris, Nicholas S. Krawiecki, Kris A. Kullgren, Sue M. Ingram, and Betty Kurczynski
5. Closed-Head Injury, Keith Owen Yeates
6 . Meningitis, Vicki A. Anderson and H. Gerry Taylor
7. Neurofibromatosis, Bartlett D. Moore, III, and Martha B. Denckla
8. Metabolic and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Elsa Shapiro and Michael Balthazor
9. Environmental Neurotoxicants, Kim N. Dietrich
III. Central Nervous System Dysfunction in Other Medical Disorders
10. Prematurity and Low Birthweight, Erin M. Picard, Jerel E. Del Dotto, and Naomi Breslau
11. Turner Syndrome, Daniel B. Berch and Bruce G. Bender
12. Phenylketonuria, Marilyn Welsh and Bruce Pennington
13. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Deborah P. Waber and Phyllis J. Mullenix
14. Sickle Cell Disease, M. Douglas Ris and Royal Grueneich
15. Diabetes, Joanne F. Rovet
16. End-Stage Renal Disease, Eileen B. Fennell
17. Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Margaret B. Pulsifer and Elizabeth H. Aylward
IV. Clinical Implications and Applications
18. Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment, Jane Holmes Bernstein
19. Clinical Implications and Practical Applications of Child Neuropsychological Evaluations, Ida Sue Baron
V. Commentary
20. Review and Future Directions, Byron P. Rourke
Index

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157230507X
• ISBN 13: 9781572305076
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 485
• Editor: Yeates PhD Keith Owen, Ris Phd M. Douglas, Taylor PhD H. Gerry