Kurzbeschreibung
With the emergence of clinical neuropsychology as one of the fastest growing specialties in psychology comes the need for current and future practitioners to stay abreast of the most recent research. A number of professional journals more than adequately meet this need. But, there is also a need to stay up to date on the current thinking about important problems. Drawing upon the expertise of leaders in the field, the editors' intent in this book was to provide the practitioner with a source for discussions of topics that are vital to their ongoing development as clinical neuropsychologists but that generally are not addressed in the literature to any great degree.
Synopsis
For nearly two decades, the level of interest, study and practice devoted to clinical neuropsychology has enjoyed a rare growth that may be unprecedented in the behavioural science field. The number of doctoral-level training programmes with clinical neuropsychology tracks has increased dramatically. This has been accompanied by an increase in the number of predoctoral clinical psychology internships with neuropsychology rotations, and in the number of predoctoral internships and postdoctoral fellowships focused solely on clinical neuropsychological training. Membership in professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association's Division of Clinical Neuropsychology, the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the International Neuropsychological Society has also grown steadily. In addition, the number of journals that have been proliferated from the growing interest in and the need for information in the area further reflect how far the field has progressed. With the emergence of the field as one of the fastest growing specialties in psychology comes the need for current and future practitioners to stay abreast of the most recent research.
The professional journals mentioned above more than adequately meet his need. At the same time, there is also a need to stay up to date on the current thinking in topics and issues that are important to the practice of the profession. For this reason, the editors set out to produce this volume. Drawing upon the expertise of some of the leaders in the field, their intent was to provide the practitioner with a source for discussions of topics that are important to their ongoing development as clinical neuropsychologists but which generally are not addressed in the literature to any great degree.
