Once feared and misunderstood even among the medical community epilepsy has since largely been
demystified. Besides the characteristic seizures various cognitive behavioral and emotional
difficulties are recognized as associated with the condition and patients are finding relief
in medical management and or surgical intervention. Not surprisingly neuropsychology has
emerged as a major component in treatment planning program development and assessment of
surgical candidates. Geared toward beginning as well as veteran clinicians the Handbook on the
Neuropsychology of Epilepsy offers readers a skills-based framework for assessment and
treatment using current evidence and standardized terminology. Expert coverage reviews
widely-used methods for evaluating key aspects of patient functioning (MRI MEG
electrocortical mapping the Wada test) and presents guidelines for psychotherapeutic and
cognitive remediation strategies in treating comorbid psychiatric conditions. Given the
diversity of the patient population additional chapters spotlight issues specific to subgroups
including high- and low-functioning as well as geriatric and pediatric patients. This
integrative hands-on approach benefits a range of practitioners across medical and neurological
settings. Topics featured in the Handbook: Neuropsychological assessment across the lifespan.
Evaluating the epilepsy surgical candidate: methods and procedures. The Wada test: current
perspectives and applications. Assessing psychiatric and personality disorders in the epilepsy
patient. Evaluation and management of psychogenic non-epileptic attacks. Neuropsychological
assessment with culturally diverse patients. Practical and flexible in its coverage the
Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Epilepsy serves not only neuropsychologists and neurologists
but also primary care physicians such as internists family physicians and pediatricians.
