100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached
logo-home
College aantekeningen B&C 2: Clinical Neuropsychology (SOW-PSB2BC10EA) Clinical neuropsychology $7.06   Add to cart

Class notes

College aantekeningen B&C 2: Clinical Neuropsychology (SOW-PSB2BC10EA) Clinical neuropsychology

 6 views  0 purchase
  • Course
  • Institution
  • Book

The key points from the B&C 2 lectures. Learn quickly and effectively with these notes. Ideal if you don't feel like or have time to watch all the lectures, or if you want to read everything again just to be on the safe side.

Preview 2 out of 13  pages

  • October 15, 2024
  • 13
  • 2023/2024
  • Class notes
  • Iris wiegand
  • All classes
avatar-seller
Brain lecture notes

LECTURE 1

Clinical neuropsychology

Definition

 Relation between brain and behaviour in clinical applicability of assessment, treatment and
care of individuals with cognitive dysfunction because of developmental, neurological of
psychiatric disorders.
 Behavioural symptoms that can objectively through tests.



Neuroimaging

 Not only neuropsychological assessment anymore.
 Before: some parts of the brain have specific functions and others do not. You can localise
those by bumps on the skull (nonsense). ‘Talenknobbel’.
 After: better brain-behaviour relationships explained. Re-orientation from brain damage to
what intact brain is left and its function.
 Luria did some fundamental testing and found out e.g. that there are different components
and brain areas for one function like speaking and language processing. Also more cognitive
functioning testing.



(Mental) health care

 Nowadays the brain is much more relevant in care, because techniques like MRI is improved
and more people have brain damage.
 Persuasive (overtuigend).



Workspace of neuropsychologists

 General and university hospitals.
 Specilizied mental health institutions.
 Many more…



Abbreviations

 ICF – international clinical of functioning, the DSM of neuropsychologists
o Brain disease -> impairment, limitation and the formal handicap model.



 NVN – nederlandse vereniging van neuropsychologie

,  INS – international neuropsychological society



Testing hypothesis through the bio-psycho-social model

 Multi-informed
 Multi-method
 Multi-conceptual
 Diagnostic cycle (empirische cyclus) -> analysis complaints (klachtenanalyse), analysis of
problems -> testing -> etc.



Steps for clinical helping

 Before: referral question, medical file and history.
 Testing: clinical interview patient, heterohypothesis with significant other, formulation
hypothesis, test selection and administration and behavioural observations.
 After: interpretation all test data and reporting.




LECTURE 2

Alcohol abuse

Terminology

Problematic alcohol use, alcohol use disorder (AUD) from criteria from DSM, binge drinking,
alcohol intoxication and alcohol withdrawal syndrome (hangover).



Alcohol-related cognitive disorders

 According to DSM-5 alcohol-induced neurocognitive disorder (caused by alcohol).
 Even though it is also if not mostly by poor nutrition.



Wernicke’s encephalopathy symptoms

 Dietary deficiencies (undernutrition, impaired diet and abnormal thiamine)
 Oculomotor abnormalities (eye disorders)
 Cerebellar dysfunction (motor/movement impairment)
 Altered mental stated (confusion etc.) or mild memory impairment.



Korsakoff’s syndrome

The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.

Quick and easy check-out

Quick and easy check-out

You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.

Focus on what matters

Focus on what matters

Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.

Who am I buying these notes from?

Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller annaschreursspam. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

No, you only buy these notes for $7.06. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.

Can Stuvia be trusted?

4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)

75632 documents were sold in the last 30 days

Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy study notes for 14 years now

Start selling
$7.06
  • (0)
  Add to cart