Evidence of Absence: A Guide to Cognitive Assessment in Australia - Softcover

Simon F Crowe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1921513624 ISBN 13: 9781921513626

Publisher: Australian Academic Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book offers Australian mental health clinicians for the first time a locally written guide to the clinical interpretation of cognitive assessments using the Wechsler scales, including the WAIS-IV, the WMS-IV and the Advanced Clinical Solutions for WAIS-IV and WMS-IV. Using Australian case material, the reader is provided with empirical and interpretative analysis based upon the varying State legal requirements, the range of sociocultural uses to which intellectual assessment is put, and consideration of appropriate norms. The reader will encounter clinical presentations highly relevant to everyday practice, even for those clinicians not regularly undertaking such assessments. Featured cases include assessment in the area of intellectual disability, traumatic brain injury, and in situations in which the issue of less than genuine effort could be noted. Guidelines for report writing applied to specific referral questions are also presented, and a focus on clinical dilemmas.

About this title

About the Author

Simon Crowe is Professor in Clinical Neuropsychology and Biological Psychology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Australian Academic Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1921513624
• ISBN 13: 9781921513626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275