TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holmes,Cooper B.
TI  - Screening for brain dysfunction in psychiatric patients
SN  - 9780398082666
AV  - RC455.4.B5 H652 1998
U1  - 616.8/0475 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Springfield, Ill., U.S.A.
PB  - C.C. Thomas
KW  - Biological psychiatry
KW  - Psychological manifestations of general diseases
KW  - Mental illness
KW  - Physiological aspects
KW  - Brain
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Diagnosis
KW  - Diagnostic errors
KW  - Neuropsychological tests
KW  - Brain Diseases
KW  - diagnosis
KW  - Mental Disorders
KW  - Neuropsychological Tests
KW  - Biological Psychiatry
KW  - Diagnostic Errors
KW  - Psychiatrie biologique
KW  - Manifestations psychologiques des maladies
KW  - Maladies mentales
KW  - Aspect physiologique
KW  - Cerveau
KW  - Maladies
KW  - Diagnostic
KW  - Erreurs de diagnostic
KW  - Tests neuropsychologiques
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Nervous System (incl. Brain)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Neurology
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-132) and index; Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Research on Undiagnosed Brain Dysfunction in Psychiatric Settings -- Ch. 3. The Mental Health Professional in the Screening Process -- Ch. 4. Client History -- Ch. 5. Physical Signs -- Ch. 6. Psychological Signs -- Ch. 7. Psychological Tests in Screening -- Ch. 8. Referring A Client -- Ch. 9. Professional Development
N2  - This book presents how medical diseases can be misdiagnosed as psychiatric disorders and how clinicians without extensive training in the neurosciences can do a competent job of screening psychiatric clients for possible brain disorders. In the author's work, he has seen over and over again how medical diseases can present with what appear to be classic psychological symptoms. The client is not only misdiagnosed but is then denied the medical treatment he or she needs. The research cited in this book, dating back to the 1890s, establishes beyond a doubt that such misdiagnoses are more common t
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