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Dr. Aileen Hartzell discusses clinical neuropsychology and what it takes to have a career as a neuropsychologist. Clinical neuropsychologists specialize in brain-behavior relationships and work with patients who have dysfunctions in their central nervous system, brain injuries, or abnormalities associated with the brain. Hartzell discusses different treatments that she uses, how the field is progressing, and the training required for a neuropsychologist.
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Chapter 1: What is the Fundamental Role of a Clinical Neuropsychologist?
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Chapter 2: What Types of Patients Do You Work With?
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Chapter 3: What Types of Disorders Do You Generally Encounter? How Are They Caused and How Are They Expressed Behaviorally?
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Chapter 4: What Professional and Ethical Issues Do You Face When Assessing and Treating Patients With These Kinds of Disorders?
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Chapter 5: What Kinds of Treatment Can You Provide or Recommend for the Patients You See?
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Chapter 6: How Does Your Job Break Down Between Assessments or Diagnosis and Therapeutic Work?
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Chapter 7: What Are Some of the Assessment Tools You Use?
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Chapter 8: What is Cognitive Rehabilitation?
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Chapter 9: What Kind of Patients Require Cognitive Rehabilitation?
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Chapter 10: Since Cognitive Rehabilitation is a Relatively New Field, How Rapidly Are Cognitive Rehabilitation Methods Changing?
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Chapter 11: Conclusion
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