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Developmental disorders : a neuropsychological approach / David Freides.
By: Freides, David
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BookPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2001Description: xiv, 586 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1557865795.Subject(s): Pediatric neuropsychology | Developmental disabilitiesDDC classification: 618.928
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Many disabilities affecting children are caused by malfunctions in the brain or nervous system. David Freides introduces students to the study of these malfunctions, assuming no prior knowledge of neuropsychology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Part I Orientation to the Way the Brain Functions
- 1 Introduction: Some General Principles
- 2 Neurons: Building Blocks of the Nervous System
- 3 The Development and Structure of the Brain
- 4 Operational Characteristics of Neural Systems
- 5 How the Brain Functions
- 6 Constitutional Vulnerabilities during Development
- 7 Psychopathology Inducing Experience and Handicap Dynamics
- Part II Disorders of State:
- 8 Ictal Disorders: Epilepsy, Seizures, and Related Disorders
- 9 Disorders of Sleep and Arousal
- 10 Attention and its Disorders
- Part III Disorders of Specific Modalities:
- 11 Disorders of the Motor System
- 12 The Visual System and its Disorders
- 13 Hearing, Language, and their Disorders
- Part IV Disorders Involving Several Modalities:
- 14 Academic and Social Learning Disabilities
- 15 Childhood Psychoses
- 16 Acquired Brain Damage
- 17 Mental Retardation
- Postscript
- Glossary
- References
- Index