Neuropsychological assessment

Lezak, MD. (1995). Neuropsychological Assessment New York Oxford University Press. 

Culver CM, King FW. (1974). Neuropsychological assessment of undergraduate marijuana and LSD users. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 31 707-711. 

Improvement can be determined by regular clinical assessment, patient self-report, and weekly use of subjective and objective symptom measures. It can commence very early in the ECT course. ECT should be continued until the patient no longer seems to be improving. The usual number of treatments required by young persons is similar to that required by adults (a mean of 6-12). Assessment of unwanted events should be made following each ECT administration by systematic inquiry of the common side effects or by use of specially developed scales such as the Columbia ECT Subjective Side Effects Schedule (Sackeim et al., 1987). Where possible, neuropsychological assessment should be per-... 

Deutsch Lezak, M. Neuropsychological Assessment. 3rd edn. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 1995. 

Hohol, MJ., Guttmann, C.R.G., Orav, J., et a/. Serial neuropsychological assessment and MRI analysis in multiple sclerosis. Arch. Neurol. 54, 1018-1025, 1997. 

The UTC-PAB is a library of cognitive tests that can be modified into smaller subsets or batteries for a specific purpose. The original UTC-PAB consisted of 25 tasks that were chosen due to their construct validity, reliability, and sensitivity to levels of cognitive functioning. Several of the commonly known subsets or variations include the Testor s Workbench/Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (TWB/ANAM or ANAM) battery, the Naval Medical Research Institute Performance Assessment Battery (NMRI-PAB), the UTC-PAB/NATO AGARD STRES Battery, and the Criterion Task Set (CTS).43... 

Table 6.5 Task Components of the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM)...

McMillan TM, Freemont AJ, Herxheimer A, et al. 1993. Camelford water poisoning accident Serial neuropsychological assessments and further observations on bone aluminum. Hum Exp Toxicol 12 37-42. 

Morris JC, Heyman A, Mohs RC, Hughes JP, van BeUe G, FiUenbaum G, MeUits ED, Clark C (1989) The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer s Disease (CERAD). Part I. Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of Alzheimer s disease. Neurology 39 1159-1165... 

Shapiro EG, Klein KA. Dementia in childhood issues in neuropsychological assessment with application to the natural history and treatment of degenerative storage diseases. In Tramontana MG, Hooer SRE, eds. Advances in Child Neuropsychology. Springer Verlag, New York. 1994, pp. 119-191. 

Schantz SL, Sweeney AM, Gardiner JC, et al. 1996a. Neuropsychological assessment of an aging population of Great Lakes fisheaters. Toxicol Ind Health 12(3-4) 403-417. 

Pfefferbaum-Levine B, Copeland DR, Fletcher JM, etal Neuropsychologic assessment of long-term survivors of childhood leukemia. American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 6 123-128,1984... 

Morrow LA, Stein L, Bagovich GR, et al Neuropsychological assessment, depression, and past exposure to organic solvents. Appl Neuropsychol 8 65-73, 2001 Nasterlack M, Dietz MC, Frank KH, et al A multidisciplinary cross-sectional study on solvent-related health effects in painters compared with construction workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 72 205-214,1999 O Donoghue JL Alkanes, alcohols, ketones, and ethylene oxide, in Neurotoxicity of Industrial and Commercial Chemicals, Vol II. Edited by O Donoghue JL. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1985, pp 61-97... 

Evidence for and against long-term neuropsychiatrie impairment due to caimabis consumption has to be considered, keeping in mind both the time interval between cannabis use and the neuropsychological assessments and the age of onset of caimabis use. 

The methods described below in human marijuana users and respective nonmarijuana users outline (1) neuropsychological assessment of marijuana users, (2) transcranial doppler sonography, and (3) EEG recordings and analysis. 

Benton, A. L., Hamsher, K., and Varney, N. (1983) Contributions to Neuropsychological Assessment, Oxford University Press, New York. 

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