A review of: “Developmental Neuropsychiatry”

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Michael Rutter (editor). 1983, New York, Guilford. ISBN 0–89862–621–8. 632 pp. $50.00 (US)     

A review of: “Child neuropsychology”

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John E. Obrzut and George W. Hynd (Editors): Child Neuropsychology, Volume 1: Theory and Research. New York: Academic Press, 1986. 14 + 246 pages, 11 chapters. Price: US $ 34.50.     

A review of: “Child neuropsychology”

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Byron P. Rourke, Dirk J. Bakker, John L. Fisk, and John D. Strang, Child Neuropsychology: An Introduction to Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice Guilford Press, New York, 1983, 389 pp, $ 30.00.     

A review of: “Clinical neurology of aging”

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Martin L. Albert (Ed.): Clinical Neurology of Aging. Oxford University Press, New York, 1984. 544 pages. ISBN 0-19-503287-x. $55.00.     

A review of: “Nonverbal Learning Disabilities”

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Nonverbal learning disabilities: The syndrome and the model. New York: Guilford Press, 1989, 253 pp. IBN 0-89862-378-2. US$     

A review of: “Disorders of Space Exploration and Cognition”

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Ennio De Renzi, Disorders of Space Exploration and Cognition New York, John Wiley&Sons, 1982, 268 pp. $16.75     

A review of: “Beware if it's “my way””

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I. Grant & K. M. Adams (Eds.) Neuropsychological Assessment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders 1986. New York: Oxford Press. ISBN 0-19-503545-3.     

Does vaginismus exist? A critical review of the literature.

The basic strategies and methods for assessing and treating vaginismus were proposed by the early 20th century and have not essentially changed. Etiological theories have changed over time but are not supported by controlled empirical studies. This critical review of the literature disputes the widely held belief that vaginismus is an easily diagnosed and easily treated sexual dysfunction. We propose a reconceptualization of vaginismus as either an aversion/phobia of vaginal penetration or a genital pain disorder.     

Auditory hallucinations: A review of the ERC “VOICE” project

In this invited review I provide a selective overview of recent research on brain mechanisms and cognitive processes involved in auditory hallucinations. The review is focused on research carried out in the “VOICE” ERC Advanced Grant Project, funded by the European Research Council, but I also review and discuss the literature in general. Auditory hallucinations are suggested to be perceptual phenomena, with a neuronal origin in the speech perception areas in the temporal lobe. The phenomenology of auditory hallucinations is conceptualized along three domains, or dimensions; a perceptual dimension, experienced as someone speaking to the patient; a cognitive dimension, experienced as an inability to inhibit, or ignore the voices, and an emotional dimension, experienced as the “voices” having primarily a negative, or sinister, emotional tone. I will review cognitive, imaging, and neurochemistry data related to these dimensions, primarily the first two. The reviewed data are summarized in a model that sees auditory hallucinations as initiated from temporal lobe neuronal hyper-activation that draws attentional focus inward, and which is not inhibited due to frontal lobe hypo-activation. It is further suggested that this is maintained through abnormal glutamate and possibly gamma-amino-butyric-acid transmitter mediation, which could point towards new pathways for pharmacological treatment. A final section discusses new methods of acquiring quantitative data on the phenomenology and subjective experience of auditory hallucination that goes beyond standard interview questionnaires, by suggesting an iPhone/iPod app.     

A review of: “The rush to fill the void”

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Lance E. Trexler (Ed.) Cognitive Rehabilitation: Conceptualization and Intervention. New York: Plenum Press, 280 pp. 1982. $ 37.50.     

A review of: “What You See is All You Get”

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Learning Disability Subtyping: Neuropsychological Foundations, Conceptual Models, and Issues in Clinical Differentiation. New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 1989, 253 pp. ISBN 0-387-96808-3