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Developmental disorders : a neuropsychological approach

Title
Developmental disorders : a neuropsychological approach / David Freides.
Author
Freides, David
Publication
Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

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Description
xiv, 586 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. I. Orientation to the Way the Brain Functions. 1. Introduction: Some General Principles. 2. Neurons: Building Blocks of the Nervous System. 3. The Development and Structure of the Brain. 4. Operational Characteristics of Neural Systems. 5. How the Brain Functions. 6. Constitutional Vulnerabilities during Development. 7. Psychopathology Inducing Experience and Handicap Dynamics -- Pt. II. Disorders of State. 8. Ictal Disorders: Epilepsy, Seizures, and Related Disorders. 9. Disorders of Sleep and Arousal. 10. Attention and its Disorders -- Pt. III. Disorders of Specific Modalities. 11. Disorders of the Motor System. 12. The Visual System and its Disorders. 13. Hearing, Language, and their Disorders -- Pt. IV. Disorders Involving Several Modalities. 14. Academic and Social Learning Disabilities. 15. Childhood Psychoses. 16. Acquired Brain Damage. 17. Mental Retardation.
ISBN
1557865795 (alk.paper)
LCCN
00025851
OCLC
  • 43641161
  • ocm43641161
  • SCSB-4790583
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries