Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology

JM:Joel E. Morgan, Department of Neurology & Neurosciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJISB: Ida Sue Baron, Ph.D., ABPP-CNDirector of NeuropsychologyDepartment of PediatricsInova Fairfax Hospital for ChildrenFalls Church, VA &Professor of PediatricsUniversity of Virginia School of MedicineCharlottesville, VAJHR:Joseph H. Ricker, PhD, ABPP (CN, RP)Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Neuropsychology & Rehabilitation Psychology Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• Contributor List I. Genetic/Developmental Disorders 1. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - Kimberly Kerns and Heather Carmichael Olson2. Asperger's Disorder - Lauren Kenworthy3. The Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Early Childhood: A Case Report - Marianne Barton, Katelin Carr, Lauren Herlihy, Kelley Knoch and Deborah Fein4. Autism Spectrum Disorders: A case of Siblings - Stephen M. Kanne and Janet E. Farmer5. Dyslexia in a Young Adult - Robert L. Mapou6. Tourette Syndrome - E. Mark Mahone 7. Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele - John Brigham Fulton and Keith Owen Yeates8. A Case of Cerebral Palsy (Spastic Diplegia) - T. Andrew Zabel and Adam T. Schmidty9. Sickle Cell Disease - Karen E. Wills10. A Case of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 - Jennifer A. Janusz11. Focal Cortical Dysplasia and Epilepsy Surgery - Elisabeth M.S. Sherman, Harvey B. Sarnat, Ismail Mohamed, Daniel J. Slick and Walter J. Hader12. Landau-Kleffner Syndrome - Gerry A. Stefanatos and Andrew T. DeMarco13. CNS Germinoma: The Effects of Central Tumors on Neuropsychological Function - Brenda J. Spiegler14. A Case of Liver Transplantation in Maple Syrup Urine Disease - Lisa G. Hahn and Joel E. Morgan II. Traumatic and Accidental 1. Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: All Cases Are Not Complicated Equally - Michael W. Kirkwood2. Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects of Questionable Effort - Jacobus Donders3. From Preschool to College: Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury Sustained During Early Childhood - Linda Ewing-Cobbs and Mary R. Prasad4. Well Documented, Serious Brain Dysfunction Followed by Malingering - Jerry J. Sweet and Dawn Giuffre Meyer5. Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury - Tresa Roebuck-Spencer6. Why Would He Do It? A case of Probable Malingering in the Context of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury - Daniel J. Slick, Jing E. Tan and Esther Strauss7. A Case of Recovery Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Scott Mooney and Robin Hanks8. Hypoxia After Near Drowning - John T. Beetar III. Neuro-Psychiatric 1. ADHD and Anxiety Disorder: An Atypical Presentation of a "Typical" Disorder - Kira Armstrong2. A Case of Somatoform Disorder with Inconsistent Effort - Beth S. Slomine and Ericka Wodka3. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Case Study - Ann C. Marcotte and Miriam T. Goldstein4. First Episode Schizophrenia - Anthony J. Giuliano and Bernice A. Marcopulos 5. Late-Onset Depression vs. Dementia - Tracy D. Vannorsdall and David J. Schretlen6. Release Hallucinations: Uninvited Guests and Phantom Orchestras - Michael Sharland and Thomas A. Hammeke7. Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizure Disorder: The Case of P.S. - Christopher L. Grote and Maria J. Marquine IV. Neurologic/Other Medical Conditions 1. Micropremature Birth - Jennifer C. Gidley Larson, Ida Sue Baron, Margot D. Ahronovich and Mary Iampietro2. Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus - Lisa D. Ravdin and Heather L. Katzen3. A Case of Childhood Lead Poisoning - Marsha J. Nortz and M. Douglas Ris4. Neurobehavioral and Neurodevelopmental Sequelae Associated with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection - Helen A. Steigmeyer and Antolin M. Llorente5. Language Dominant Neocortical Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - Deborah Cahn-Weiner6. Dominant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - William J. McMullen7. Serial Neuropsychological Assessment in a Case of Huntington's Disease - David E. Tupper8. Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma: Post-resection Amnesia in a College Student - Benjamin L. Johnson-Markve and Gregory P. Lee9. Cerebral Neoplasm: Glioblastoma Multiforme - Robert E. Hanlon, Martin D. Oliveira and James P. Chandler10. A Case of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - Robert Butler11. Detecting Deficits in High Functioning Patients - Bradley N. Axelrod12. Neuropsychological Effects of Surgical Resection of a Colloid Cyst: A Case Presentation - Aaron C. Malina13. Anoxic Brain Injury: Two Cases of Anoxic Brain Injury Secondary to Cardiac Arrest - Leslie D. Rosenstein and Paul A. Friedman14. A Case of and Hepatic Encephalopathy in End Stage Liver Disease Alcoholic Cirrhosis - Marc A. Norman15. Cerebral Neoplasm: Medulloblastoma - Celiane Rey-Casserly and Tanya Diver 16. Pediatric Epilepsy - Philip S. Fastenau V. Neuro-Degenerative Disorders 1. Childhood Multiple Sclerosis - Ben Deery and Vicki Anderson2. Adult MS - Darcy Cox 3. Progressive Non-fluent Aphasia - Kimberly M. Miller, Sherrill R. Loring and David. W. Loring4. A Case of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease - Ruth E. Yoash-Gantz5. Looking into the Crystal Ball of Mild Cognitive Impairment: What I See is Alzheimer's Disease - Jim Andrikopoulos6. Clinical and Neuropathologic Presentation of Dementia with Lewy bodies - Tanis J. Ferman7. A Case of Corticobasal Syndrome - John A. Lucas8. Motor and Cognitive Characteristics in a Case of Static Encephalopathy - David E. Tupper 9. Two Neuropsychologists with Huntington's Disease - Jason Brandt and Barnett Shpritz10. Cognitive and Behavioral Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - Beth K. Rush11. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - Alexander I. Tröster and Rebecca C. Williams12. Pick's Disease - Shane S. Bush and Thomas Myers VI. Vascular Disorders 1. Neuropsychological Assessment in a Case of Left Middle Cerebral Artery (MVA) Stroke - Erin D. Bigler2. Language Impairments Following Basal Ganglia Stroke: Hold and Release Functions in Cognition - Alyssa J. Braaten, Anna Bacon Moore, Eileen L. Cooley and Anthony Y. Stringer3. Vascular Dementia - Nikki H. Stricker, Joseph R. Sadek and Kathleen Y. Haaland4. Large Right-Hemisphere Hemorrhagic Stroke - Ellen M. Crouse and Brad L. Roper5. Ruptured Aneurysm of the Anterior Communicating Artery - Marykay Pavol and Rashmi Rastogi

I will use this book is for teaching. It is perfect for use with graduate students just starting their clinical work in neuropsychology...it is interesting and informative.