Neuropsychology -- dementia and affective disorders
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[Neuropsychology of dementia].
As cognitive dysfunction is the core symptom of dementia, the assessment of it is essential for the clinical practice. The role of "neuropsychology" is none other than analysis and interpretation of the central symptoms of brain damaged including dementing illnesses. "Neuropsychology" in this sense does not refer only to the neuropsychological tests that psychologists employ, but certainly impl...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Medical Bulletin
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0007-1420,1471-8391
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011572