دانلود کتاب Quick cognitive screening for clinicians : mini mental, clock drawing and other brief tests

Cognitive screening tests are essential instruments for clinicians who work with patients suffering from dementias, brain injury, multiple sclerosis and many other neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Cognitive screening instruments provide clues for the localization of brain dysfunction, especially executive impairment. This authoritative book highlights the importance of early detection, focusing on those cognitive screening tests that can be carried out quickly and yet provide key information for the assessment, management and treatment of these patients. The author explains how and when these tests should be used and helps synthesize the vast body of literature available in this area, providing clinicians with essential practical tools for use in their daily practice. Frontline clinicians, including psychiatrists, geriatricians, neurologists, clinical psychologists, general practitioners and nurse clinicians, will find this book essential. Read more... Abstract: Cognitive screening tests are essential instruments for clinicians who work with patients suffering from dementias, brain injury, multiple sclerosis and many other neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Cognitive screening instruments provide clues for the localization of brain dysfunction, especially executive impairment. This authoritative book highlights the importance of early detection, focusing on those cognitive screening tests that can be carried out quickly and yet provide key information for the assessment, management and treatment of these patients. The author explains how and when these tests should be used and helps synthesize the vast body of literature available in this area, providing clinicians with essential practical tools for use in their daily practice. Frontline clinicians, including psychiatrists, geriatricians, neurologists, clinical psychologists, general practitioners and nurse clinicians, will find this book essential