Table of Contents

 

 

 

PART I

ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS AND METHODS

 

Section A

Approaches to Assessing the Relationship Between Cognition and Everyday Functioning

 

1

Neuropsychology and the Prediction of Everyday Functioning   Thomas D. Marcotte, J. Cobb Scott, Rujvi Kamat, and Robert K. Heaton

5

2

Understanding the Relevance of Human Factors/Ergonomics to Neuropsychology Practice and the Assessment of Everyday Functioning   Wendy A. Rogers, Andrew K. Mayer, and Cara B. Fausset

39

3

Occupational Therapy Approach to Assessing the Relationship Between Cognition and Function   Carolyn M. Baum and Noomi Katz

62

Section B

Assessment of Specific Functional Abilities and Assessment Considerations

 

4

The Relationship Between Instrumental Activities of Daily Livingand Neuropsychological Performance   David Loewenstein and Amarilis Acevedo

93

5

The Prediction of Vocational Functioning from Neuropsychological Performance   Joseph R. Sadek and Wilfred G. Van Corp

113

6

Medication Management   Terry R. Barclay, Matthew J. Wright, and Charles H. Hinkin

136

7

The Brain on the Road   Matthew Rizzo and Ida L. Kellison

168

8

Considerations in the Cross-Cultural Assessment of Functional Abilities   Mariana Cherner

209

PART II

EVERYDAY IMPACT OF NORMAL AGING AND NEUROPSTEHIATRIC DISORDERS

 

9

The Impact of Cognitive Impairments on Health-Related Quality of Life   Robert M. Kaplan, Brent T. Mausbach, Thomas D. Marcotte, and Thomas L. Patterson

225

10

Normal Aging and Everyday Functioning   Karlene Ball, Lesley A. Ross, and Sarah Viamonte

248

11

Everyday Functioning in Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment   Paul Matloy and Nicole C.R. Mclaughlin

264

12

Everyday Functioning in Vascular Dementia   Robert H. Paul, Susan E. Maloney, and Patricia Boyle

280

13

Everyday Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury   Kama A. Lillie, Kristina Kowalski, Brigitte N. Patry, Claire Sira, Holly Tuokko, and Catherine A. Mateer

302

14

Neuropsychological Assessment and Sports-Related Mild Traumaticbrain Injury (Concussion)   Mark R. Lovell and Jamie E. Pardini

331

15

Cognitive Functioning and Everyday Tasks in Multiple Sclerosis   Peter A. Arnett and Megan M. Smith

357

16

Everyday Impact of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders   Cohb Scott and Thomas D. Marcotte

389

17

The Influence of Depression on Cognition and Daily Functioning   David J. Moore, Suzanne Moseley, and J. Hampton Atkinson

419

18

Cognition and Daily Functioning in Schizophrenia   Michael F. Green

441

 

Future Directions in the Assessment of Everyday Functioning   Thomas D. Marcotte and Igor Grant

457

 

Index

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