Recommended Clinical Neuropsych Readings

[irish80122]

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Good evening, everyone. Since I know many of the regulars on the board are either neuropsychologists, or are training to be neuropsychologists, I thought this would be a great place to ask about neuropsychology readings.

I have an incoming graduate student and several undergraduate students who are interested in neuropsychology, and thus I have decided to lead a directed readings course over the summer on neuropsychology. My training is in geropsychology, so I have had a fair amount of exposure to neuropsychology, but I also recognize that I am not an expert. Thus, I thought I would write to see if there are any readings people recommend that I haven't already identified.

I am currently planning on assigning several chapters from Lezak's book Neuropsychological Assessment and Strauss's Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests. Additionally, I am planning on including the diagnostic recommendations for Alzheimer's and MCI as well as Petersen's articles on MCI. What else would you recommend? I am hoping to give a nice overview of neuropsychology so hopefully at the end the students know what the field is and isn't, know a little bit about dementia, MCI, and other neurocognitive problems, and know some of the strengths and limitations of neuropsychological testing.

Thanks in advance for all of your help!

 

[neuronic]

There was a similiar thread a while back at http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=959869

Nonetheless, the Clinical Neuropsychology Pocket Handbook is a relatively quick, yet thorough read. http://www.amazon.com/Clinical-Neur...keywords=handbook+of+clinical+neuropsychology

 

[irish80122]

Thanks for pointing out the old thread Neuronic, I did not mean to be redundant and appreciate the resources. Thanks for your help as well, Jon!

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

In regard to neuroanatomy....Bloomenfeld's Clinical Cases is a must own. Snell's Clinical Neuroanatomy is also an excellent text. I have read that Snell's book is easier to digest because Bloomenfeld goes into more detail more often...which isn't a bad thing, it is just more. I own the Bloomenfeld book and I'm very happy with the content.

 

[irish80122]

Awesome, thanks for the suggestions T4C!

 

[McPsychy]

For Pediatric or children/adolescent populations, Handbook of Pediatric Neuropsychology by Davis is a great overview and has many topics that influence the field of Neuropsych

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

"Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician" is worth picking up. It is more accessible than some of the gold standard texts because the author writes for a more generalist audience. The pictures are mostly simplistic line drawings of structures, so you'll want to have an neuroanatomy atlas (I think I recommended one in the other thread) handy so you have a better idea of the actual structures.

(remember to use the SDN link to Amazon.com )

 

[PsySeeker]

"Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician" is worth picking up. It is more accessible than some of the gold standard texts because the author writes for a more generalist audience. The pictures are mostly simplistic line drawings of structures, so you'll want to have an neuroanatomy atlas (I think I recommended one in the other thread) handy so you have a better idea of the actual structures.

(remember to use the SDN link to Amazon.com )

More accessible sounds good for me at this point! I appreciate it as always. Can you tell me what neuroanatomy atlas you recommend? (I'm not sure where you posted it).

 

[serotonin]

Little Black Book of Neuropsychology is pretty rad.

Definitely second Blummenfeld.

 

[Therapist4Chnge]

More accessible sounds good for me at this point! I appreciate it as always. Can you tell me what neuroanatomy atlas you recommend? (I'm not sure where you posted it).

Structure of the Human Brain: A Photographic Atlas [Spiral-Bound]
Authors: Stephen J. DeArmond, Madeline M. Fusco, Maynard M. Dewey

My caveat with this atlas is that it uses photographs of specimens and line drawings to pinpoint everything. Netter's stuff offers much more colorful illustrations, though none match the detail of being able to look at the actual anatomical structure via the photography.

There is also a neuroanatomy coloring book out there that is good, as well as Liebman's "Neuroanatomy Made Easy and Understandable."

Little Black Book of Neuropsychology is pretty rad.

I've heard this is another good read, though I haven't read it as of yet.

 

[serotonin]

pro tip: it is not a "little" book in any sense

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Netter's illustrations are indeed amazing.

Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections and Systems by Haines is another good one.

For a general text, Principles of Neural Science by Kandel et al. (5th edition currently) is one I unfortunately haven't yet been able to look at much, but it's supposedly one of the best in the field. I'd imagine it's not something that'd be classified as "light reading," though. For that, Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple is a good place so start.

Edit: And yes, the "Little" Black Book is a good one. Nearly everyone I know who's gone through the ABPP boarding process seems to have a copy.