PSYC 2307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Corpus Callosotomy, American Psychological Association, Somatic Symptom Disorder
16 Sep 2016
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Defining neuropsychology, goals of neuropsych. , neuropsychologist"s skills. Scientific study of brain-behaviour relationship w/ emphasis on humans. Neuropsychologists typically employed by universities, hospitals, rehab clinics, private practice, gov"t health agencies, pharmaceutical companies, etc. Clinical neuropsychology: brain behaviour studies applied to diagnosis, rehab planning, & long-term prognosis of abnormal brain-behaviour relationships (distinct from clinical psych. ) Interest, challenging, rewarding, important: brain-behaviour relationship may be most difficult problem man ever studied, central nervous system disorders = leading cause of disability, & account for more hospitalizations & prolonged care than almost all other diseases combined. Society for clinical neuropsychology: (division 40 of the american psychological association) Scientific & professional organization of psychologists interested in study of brain- behaviour relationships, & clinical application of that knowledge to human problems. Understand physiological principles of nervous system function leading to emergence of experience & behaviour. Understand functional & anatomic relationship b/w or amongst diff brain structures. Healing disordered nervous system, enhancing human abilities.
