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In this thoroughly revised new edition, with eleven new chapters and substantial updates to all others, Rowan Bayne and Gordon Jinks expertly combine the professional and academic aspects of applied psychology. The contributing authors, all experts in their field, provide authoritative and engaging overviews of their areas of expertise and an important range of perspectives. Applied Psychology: Research, Practice and New Directions, Second Edition is organized into three parts. The first part is a general context for applied psychology including a discussion of questions about evidence based practice. The second part discusses practice and training in a plethora of areas of applied psychology, including all of the traditional routes (for e.g. clinical, health and educational psychology) eight ‘relative newcomers’ to the field (for e.g. sport and forensic) and four areas not always regarded as applied psychology: counseling, coaching, careers guidance and lecturing. The innovative third part is a roundtable of expert practitioners commenting on the new directions they would like to see in their areas of applied psychology.
Clinical Neuropsychology
Clinical Neuropsychology
This chapter discusses:
- a list of the main requirements of being a clinical neuropsychologist;
- the history of clinical neuropsychology;
- why an understanding of cognitive psychology is at the heart of the job;
- neuroscientific techniques that can aid the work of a clinician;
- the different stages involved in conducting a cognitive assessment;
- the emerging field of neuropsychological rehabilitation;
- how to become a clinical neuropsychologist.
Introduction
Clinical neuropsychology is a speciality within clinical psychology that involves assessing and helping to treat people who have had injuries or illnesses that have affected the brain and general behaviour. Due to the variations across the systems in place in different countries, depending on where a person receives their training, they may or may not have to train first as a clinical psychologist before further ...
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