Search for dissertations about: "Neuropsychological assessment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the words Neuropsychological assessment.

2. 1. Functional communication and non-linguistic factors in severe aphasia : Associations and assessment

   Author : Camilla Olsson; Monica Blom Johansson; Patrik Arvidsson; Åsa Wengelin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aphasia; stroke; functional communication; executive function; self-efficacy; resilience; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : Severe post-stroke aphasia implies impairment of the ability to speak and write, and impairments of language comprehension, severely restricting the communication of the individual. Intervention in severe aphasia often entails aiming for access to meaningful social interaction and participation, in spite of the linguistic impairments. READ MORE

4. 2. Aspects of Frontal and Medial Temporal Brain Functions : Neuropsychological and functional imaging studies in normals and in frontotemporal dementia

   Author : Christina Elfgren; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; neurophysiology; regional cerebral blood flow; Neuropsychological assessment; frontotemporal dementia; normal subjects; frontal lobes; medial temporal lobes; neuropsychology; Neurology; Neurologi; neuropsykologi; neurofysiologi;

   Abstract : The thesis is based on five investigations. In the first study the nature and the degree of cognitive impairment of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is explored. The results from neuropsychological assessment are described as three levels of cognitive impairment. READ MORE

5. 3. Alcohol consumption in a population sample of urban men : with neuropsychological assessment and computed tomography of the brain

   Author : Sture Mützell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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6. 4. Boys with Asperger Syndrome grown up. A longitudinal follow-up study of 100 cases more than 5 years after original diagnosis

   Author : Mats Cederlund; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : Asperger syndrome; Autism; medical work-up; neuropsychology; outcome; self-assessment; parent assessment; background factors;

   Abstract : Introduction and aims: In 1981, the diagnostic label of Asperger Syndrome (AS), was coined after the Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger, by the English psychiatrist Lorna Wing, who reintroduced his 1944 work about ?die autistischen Psychopathen im Kindesalter?, so as to have a concept for relatively high functioning individuals with problems in the ?autism spectrum?. Little is known about the risk factors and outcome of AS and whether or not they are different from those of autism. READ MORE

7. 5. Whiplash associated disorders : acute and chronic consequences with some implications for rehabilitation

   Author : Ylva Sterner; Björn Gerdle; Göran Toolanen; Karin Harms-Ringdahl; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; whiplash; WAD; impairment; disability; life satisfaction; trigeminal sensibility; electromyography; rehabilitation; neuropsychological; pain; prognostic factor;

   Abstract : Background: Whiplash associated disorders (WAD) account for a large proportion of the overall impairment and disability from traffic injuries and causes substantial bio psychosocial consequences for some individuals.Aims: To increase the knowledge about factors described in terms of either function /impairment, activity/disability and life satisfaction in acute and chronic WAD as well as possible implications for rehabilitation. READ MORE