Neuropsychological assessment in traumatic brain injury

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 855-876

  Podell, Kenneth ^a,b   Gifford, Katherine ^a   Bougakov, Dmitri ^c   Goldberg, Elkhonon ^d  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive control; Neuropsychological testing; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; HEADACHE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LAW SUIT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 78549273044     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2010.08.003     Document Type: Review

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