Practitioner’s Guide to Symptom Base Rates in Clinical Neuropsychology

This volume is intended to serve as an aid in the process of differential diagnosis which frequently confronts neuropsychologists. The guide is a compendium of information of the base rates of symptoms across a variety of disorders which neuropsychologists encounter. In addition to serving as a convenient source of information on symptom base rates, this volume also contains detailed cross referencing of symptoms across disorders.

This book is intended for use by clinical neuropsychologists and psychologists.

I / A Brief Overview of Base Rates.- Key for Using Tables.- II / Medical Conditions.- AIDS.- Anesthesia.- Arthritis.- Cancer Treatments.- Cardiac Conditions.- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.- Chronic Pain.- Cirrhosis.- Cerebrovascular Accident.- Dementia.- Diabetes.- Dialysis.- Electrical Injury.- Epilepsy.- Epstein-Barr.- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.- Gynecological Conditions.- Headache.- Hepatitis.- HIV.- Hodgkin’s Disease.- Hypertension.- Leukemia.- Lupus.- Lyme Disease.- Multiple Sclerosis.- Myasthenia Gravis.- Persian Gulf War Syndrome.- Renal Disease.- Respiratory Conditions.- Sickle Cell Disease.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Thyroid Conditions.- Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies.- III / Psychological Conditions.- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.- Affective Disorders.- Anorexia.- Anxiety Disorders.- Bipolar Disorder.- Bulimia.- Conduct Disorder.- Depression.- Eating Disorders.- Generalized Anxiety Disorder.- Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- Insomnia.- Learning Disorder.- Multiple Personality Disorder.- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.- Panic Attack.- Panic Disorder.- Paranoid Psychosis.- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- Seasonal Affective Disorder.- Schizo affective Disorder.- Schizophrenia.- Somatization Disorder.- Tourette’s Disorder.- IV / Substance Use/Exposure.- Alcohol.- Amphetamines.- Caffeine.- Carbon Monoxide.- Cocaine.- Drug Abuse.- Hallucinogens.- Heroin.- Marijuana.- Mercury.- Metam Sodium.- Methadone.- Nicotine.- Opiates.- PCBs.- PCP.- Pesticides.- Psychoactive Drug Use.- Solvents.- Sulfuric Acid.- Tramadol.- References.- Symptom Index.