One of the challenges the field of clinical neuropsychology
faces is to develop an assessment process that is relevant and
responsive to the needs of patients. Indeed, it has been suggested
that the survival of neuropsychology as a clinical discipline may
be threatened due to an overemphasis on diagnosing cognitive
deficits as opposed to developing methods that meet patients needs.
One way to meet this need is for psychologists to extend their
services by developing clinical interventions that contribute to
enhancing patients cognitive and emotional well-being. Providing
feedback from the results of neuropsychological tests is one method
suggested as a way to enhance patient care and satisfaction with
the assessment process while providing a link between clinical
assessment and therapeutic interventions.
In current practice, providing feedback to patients about the
results of neuropsychological assessments has been considered an
optional procedure by clinicians and thus received little attention
in the literature. Yet there is evidence that when feedback is
provided to patients the effects are overwhelmingly positive.
Feedback provides a bridge between assessment and treatment by
facilitating the development of applicable treatment plans. There
is no agreed upon conceptual framework for providing feedback from
neuropsychological assessment, although researchers have made
recommendations. However, these recommendations have done little to
affect clinical practice and training despite the fact that
including patient-oriented feedback enhances the likelihood that
neuropsychological assessment will remain a relevant and important
component of patient care. The purpose of this proposed book is to
first describe developments in methods of neuropsychological
assessment feedback that involve active collaboration with patients
in an open exchange of information and results. Second, we will
present a comprehensive model for conducting neuropsychological
assessment feedback. The authors of this book are expert clinical
practitioners and academic researchers who are at the forefront of
the development and implementation of Collaborative Therapeutic
Neuropsychological Assessment methods. Table of contents
follows."
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