Description
Book SynopsisNeuropsychology for Occupational Therapists is a bestselling, comprehensive guide to the assessment and rehabilitation of impaired cognitive function and brain damage.
Table of ContentsAbout the Editors vii
About the Contributors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
About the Companion Website xv
Part I Cognition and the Occupational Therapy Process 1
1 Occupation and Cognitive Rehabilitation 3
Stephanie Tempest and Linda Maskill
2 Assessment and Measuring Change 17
Linda Maskill and Stephanie Tempest
3 Intervention for Cognitive Impairments and Evaluating Outcomes 33
Linda Maskill and Stephanie Tempest
Part II Cognition: Understanding Function and Working with People with Impairments 51
4 Cognition: Methods and Processes 53
Linda Maskill and Stephanie Tempest
5 Attention 71
Richard Jefferson and Linda Maskill
6 Visual Perception, Recognition and Agnosia 89
Linda Maskill and June Grieve
7 Complex Perceptual Functions: Body Scheme and Agnosia, Constructional Skills and Neglect 113
Stephanie Tempest and Linda Maskill
8 Memory 123
Tess Baird and Linda Maskill
9 Purposeful Movement and Apraxia 149
Stephanie Tempest
10 Executive Functions 165
Sacha Hildebrandt
11 Cognitive Function in the General Population: Maintaining Cognitive Health in Later Years 177
Linda Maskill
Index 195
