The Houston conference on specialty education and training in clinical neuropsychology

Abstract

(from the chapter) Memory impairment is a common consequence of neurological injury or disease and is often reported in association with affective and other psychiatric disorders. It may also occur as a side effect of treatments such as psychotropic drugs and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Given the pervasive and pernicious nature of memory dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders, it is not surprising that memory impairment has been the subject of extensive clinical research. to elucidate a rationale for the neuropsychological evaluation of memory dysfunction that is grounded in basic cognitive neuroscience research. Second, to identify and describe neuropsychological tools of memory testing that are widely used in clinical settings. Before discussing these issues, we describe the phenomenology of memory dysfunction and its underlying causes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).