Main description:

The concept of executive functioning has become central in understanding normal and abnormal cognitive processes. This timely volume analyzes the diverse conditions that can result in executive function disturbances, providing research about underlying causes, exploring the differences between developmental and acquired executive "dysfunctions," and providing approaches for the assessment of executive dysfunction both in children and in adults. In doing so, it addresses a gap in the literature in its analysis of executive function deficits and their link with psychopathology in psychiatric patients for the management of clinical symptoms and social adjustment.

Among the specific topics examined:

Theoretical approaches for the analysis of the diverse dysexecutive syndromes
Common executive dysfunction syndromes found during childhood development: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorders
Consequences of executive function deficits in the use of information technology
Executive dysfunction and personality disorders
Common executive function tests, assessment issues in executive dysfunction, and cross-cultural and bilingual questions in assessment of executive dysfunction

Dysexecutive Syndromes: Clinical and Experimental Perspectives expertly extends the analysis of executive functions and dysfunctions from a fundamental and clinical perspective. It is essential reading for clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists, and graduate and post-graduate students in psychology, neurology, and the health neurosciences, as well as clinicians, counselors, and psychometricians working with neuropsychiatric assessment.

Contents:

Part I: Theoretical Approaches.- Chapter 1: Unity and Diversity of Dysexecutive Syndrome.- Chapter 2: Executive Functions Brain Functional System.- Part II: Developmental Executive Dysfunction.- Chapter 3: Executive Dysfunctions in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.- Chapter 4: Executive Dysfunctions in Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Part III: Acquired Executive Dysfunction.- Chapter 5: Executive Dysfunction after Traumatic Brain Injury.- Chapter 6: Executive Dysfunction Associated with Substance Abuse.- Chapter 7: Executive Dysfunction in Subcortical Diseases.- Chapter 8: Executive Dysfunction During Normal and Abnormal Aging.- Chapter 9: Executive Dysfunction Associated with the Use of Information Technology.- Part IV: Executive Dysfunction and Personality Disorders.- Chapter 10: Executive Dysfunction in Violent and Criminal Behavior.- Chapter 11: Executive Control Guided by Context in Colombian Ex-Combatants.- Part V: Executive Dysfunction in Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Chapter 12: Executive Dysfunction in Depressive Disorders.- Chapter 13: Correlates of Executive Dysfunction in HIV.- Part VI: Assessment of Executive Dysfunction.- Chapter 14: Neuropsychological Assessment of Executive Functions.- Chapter 15: The Assessment of Executive Dysfunction in Bilinguals.- Chapter 16: The Assessment of Executive Functions in Cross Cultural Context.