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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780452303321

Titolo

The essential handbook of memory disorders for clinicians [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alan D. Baddeley, Michael D. Kopelman, Barbara A. Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, USA, : J. Wiley, c2004

ISBN

1-283-37144-8

9786613371447

0-470-09142-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaddeleyAlan D. <1934->

KopelmanMichael D

WilsonBarbara A. <1941->

Disciplina

616.8/4

Soggetti

Memory disorders

Memory

Amnesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Handbook of memory disorders. 2nd ed. New York : J. Wiley, c2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Psychology of memory / Alan D. Baddeley -- The amnesic syndrome: overview and subtypes / Margaret O'Connor, Mieke Verfaille -- Posttraumatic amnesia and residual memory deficit after closed head injury / Harvey S. Levin, Gerri Hanten -- Psychogenic amnesia / Michael D. Kopelman -- Developmental amnesias and acquired amnesias of childhood / Christine M. Temple -- The memory deficit in Alzheimer's disease / James T. Becker, Amy A. Overman -- Memory disorders in subcortical dementia / Jason Brandt, Cynthia A. Munro -- Assessment of memory disorders / Barbara A. Wilson -- Separating memory from other cognitive disorders / Diane B. Howieson, Murial D. Lezak -- Management and remediation of memory problems in brain injured adults / Barbara A. Wilson -- Assessment and management of memory problems in children / Judith A. Middleton -- Assessment and intervention in dementia of Alzheimer type / Linda Clare -- Reducing the impact of cognitive impairment in dementia / Bob Woods --



External memory aids and computers in memory rehabilitation / Narinder Kapur, Elizabeth Glisky, Barbara A. Wilson -- Emotional and social consequences of memory disorders / Robyn L. Tate.

Sommario/riassunto

This concise version of the Handbook of Memory Disorders is a selection of chapters from the original volume that have been chosen with the busy practitioner in mind.  The Essential Handbook provides individual clinicians and students with those parts the editors consider most relevant and useful on a day-to-day basis, as a portable adjunct to the more comprehensive Handbook.  (Handbook of Memory Disorders - 047 149819X)