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Have you ever looked at a heavy volume on neuropsychology and wondered what it would actually be like to become a professional clinician, working every day with neurological patients in a busy hospital while simultaneously learning your craft? This book tells the story of that journey.
The Notebook of a New Clinical Neuropsychologist vividly details the experience of starting work in clinical neuropsychology, exploring early-career learning and development through an intimate, case-based approach. Topics include the learning of basic clinical skills and knowledge, counter-transference, the clinician's emotional experiences, ethical and moral dilemmas, and the development of clinical reasoning. The book is structured around individual studies from the author's early caseload, with each vignette containing the relevant neuropathology, clinical presentation, history, neuropsychological test finding and other clinical data. Chapters are also organized around key neuropathological conditions, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and brain infections, which provide a broader context for the narrative focus of the book.
Few academic books explore the personal, intellectual and ethical dilemmas that face a new clinician working with patients in a neuropsychological setting. Tailored to facilitate experiential learning via case studies, reflective practice and problem based-learning, the book will be of interest to students and professionals working within the broad area of neuropsychology and brain injury services.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Robert Jones
Preface
1. Birth
First days in neuropsychology
2. Toughness
Traumatic Brain Injury
3. Fragility
Cerebro-vascular pathologies
4. Badness
Infections in the brain
5. Fate
Unpredictability in brain injury
6. Shock
Epilepsy and pseudo-seizures
7. Reality
Co-morbidity in clinical neuropsychology
8. Life
Psychiatric aspects of neurological injury
9. Inheritance
Genetic disorders
10. Death
Dementia and neurological devastation
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Bibliography
Appendix 2: A short note on tests
Appendix 3: About the author
