Neuropsychology Fact-Finding Casebook

Formal training in clinical neuropsychology introduces trainees to diverse patient populations with a variety of conditions and disorders. Learning to competently apply a structured, fact-finding approach to case conceptualization, differential diagnosis, and treatment planning is an essential goal at all levels of training. This approach provides a valuable exercise and method of examining practitioner competence. The structured approach to case analysis promotes good clinical decision making, and exercises based on such an approach can help prepare clinicians for the oral exams that are a part of board certification.
The Neuropsychology Fact-Finding Casebook is a resource for both supervisors and trainees in clinical neuropsychology, as well as for clinicians preparing for board certification. The volume provides 24 compelling and diverse fact-finding cases, one for each month of a two-year residency. Each case is presented in a stepwise fashion: presenting problem and referral question, background information and patient report, behavioral observations, and test findings. At the end of each case, a summary, diagnostic impression, recommendations, and questions are provided to assess, reinforce, and teach core competencies; an outcome section describes what occurred after the full case evaluation is completed; and critical teaching points are discussed. This Casebook is a standardized approach to fact-finding that training programs at various levels can use to help trainees develop such evaluation skills.

Kirk J. Stucky, PsyD, ABPP, is the Director of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology at Hurley Medical Center. He is the acting Chairman of the Department of Psychology and member of the hospital Medical Executive, Ethics, Conduct and Procedures, and Credentials committees. He co-edited the Neuropsychology Study Guide & Board Review (OUP 2014).
Shane S. Bush, PhD, ABPP, is Director of Long Island Neuropsychology, P.C. He is board certified in clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation psychology, clinical psychology, and geropsychology. He is the author of numerous books, including Ethical Decision Making in Clinical Neuropsychology (OUP 2007).

- Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Fact-Finding Exercise: A training Template
- Chapter 3: Fact-Finding Exercises: Interpretation Guidelines
- Chapter 4: The Fact-Finding Exercise: Supervisory considerations
- Case 1: Mr. Alexander (73 y/o M) Emergency medicine referral
- Case 2: Mrs. Napoleon (66 y/o F) Primary care physician referral
- Case 3: Mr. Caesar (34 y/o M) Primary care physician referral
- Case 4: Mr. Washington (43 y/o M) Workers compensation referral
- Case 5: Mrs. Bismark (60 y/o F) Neurologist referral
- Case 6: Mrs. Arc (60 y/o F) Inpatient psychiatrist referral
- Case 7: Dr. William (33 y/o M) Residency program referral
- Case 8: Mrs. Lincoln (69 y/o F) Inpatient internal medicine referral
- Case 9: Mr. Thatcher (25 y/o M) Physiatrist referral
- Case 10: Mrs. Churchill (84 y/o F) Neurologist referral
- Case 11: Mr. King (31 y/o M) Social Work referral
- Case 12: Mrs. Mandela (76 y/o F) Primary care physician referral
- Case 13: Mr. Jefferson (51 y/o F) Neurologist referral
- Case 14: Mr. Franklin ( 68 y/o M) Primary care physician referral
- Case 15: Mrs. Kennedy (84 y/o F) Neurology referral
- Case 16: Mr. Lee (33 Y/o M) Self referral
- Case 17: Mrs. Roosevelt (77 y/o F) Geriatrician referral
- Case 18: Mrs. Teresa (51 y/o F) Primary care physician referral
- Case 19: Ms. Ochoa (26 y/o F) Physiatrist referral
- Case 20: Ms. Madison (48 y/o F) Fitness for duty evaluation referral
- Case 21: Dr. Phule (55 y/o F) Insurance company - independent exam referral
- Case 22: Mr. Adams (53 y/o M) Primary care physician referral
- Case 23: Mr. Garcia Marquez (58 y/o M) Psychiatrist referral
- Case 24: Mr. Leif (55 y/o M) Primary care physician referral
- Appendix A: Supervisors Master Case List
- Appendix B: Neuropsychological Measures and Abbreviations by Domain
- How to Use the Website
- Index