Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of treatment response to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression in Parkinson's disease (PD). Method: The sample comprised 80 depressed ("DSM-IV" criteria) adults with PD (60% male) and their caregivers who participated in an National Institutes of Health-sponsored…

Assessed neuropsychological functioning in 100 patients who had relapsing-remitting or chronic-progressive courses of multiple sclerosis (MS). Both MS subgroups showed significant neuropsychological impairment, relative to a normal comparison group (N=100), but chronic-progressive MS was associated with greater impairment in each major ability…

Investigated performance on Russell revision of Wechsler Memory Scale and Digit Span subtest of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale by right-handed males with lateralized anterior and posterior brain lesions. Prediction that laterality and caudality of lesions would affect memory task performance was fully supported for the logical memory task and…

Compared the effects of depression and brain damage on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Digit Span subscale and the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised Logical Memory subtest. Performance on both tests was substantially affected by brain damage, but not by depression. Implications regarding neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation are…

Examined the relationship between neuropsychological functioning, learning disability, and violent behavior in prisoners (N=110). Results indicated that (a) violent offenders tend to have serious neuropsychological deficits and that (b) inmates classified as brain damaged had a significantly higher rate of violent criminal activity than did the…

Reviews personality disturbances associated with traumatic brain injury. Attempts to clarify terms and review empirical findings. Notes that longitudinal prospective studies that use appropriate control groups are needed. Suggests future research may benefit by considering long-term effects of early agitation following traumatic brain injury and…

Reviews research on depression in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Discusses evidence suggesting that depression affects many AD patients and can have profound effects on patient long-term functioning and caregiver well-being. Notes that field is dominated by studies of prevalence, as opposed to studies of etiology, association with other aspects of…

The present investigation sought to determine if the performance of older children with learning disabilities, some of whom do and some of whom do not exhibit patterns of lateralized motor deficits, is similar to that of adults with known cerebral lesions as reported in some previous research. If patterns of performance of these two groups were…

Examines specific methodological issues associated with research in area of emotional disorders among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) or Parkinson's disease (PD); describes range and severity of emotional disorders in MS and PD; and examines both endogenous and reactive explanations to account for increased prevalence of emotional…

Implemented a method of abbreviating the Category Test of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery. The revision shortened the scales and reorganized Subtests 5 and 6 into two new scales using separate principles. Demonstrated it to be as accurate as the full test in predicting the presence or absence of brain damage in subjects.…

Three experienced neuropsychologists rated brain damaged and control subjects for brain damage using the Halstead-Reitan Battery and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery. Using either battery, raters were accurate in judging the presence of brain damage. There was a high degree of consistency between raters and test batteries when both…

It was found that brain damaged children were more active in structured situations and more distractibile than control group children. These findings pointed to a deficiency in control mechanisms. The correlational data suggested the manner in which these deficiences operate. Sex differences were also discussed. (Author/CG)

Results indicate that this psychological testing procedure is an effective screening device for patients presenting neuropathologic symptoms. (EK)

Results of an index of premorbid intellectual functioning in children were cross-validated. Using a clinically relevant sample of 76 nonimpaired and 23 organically impaired children, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised IQs predicted by the index were found to correlate at only minimal and nonsignificant levels with actual IQs. (Author)

Results indicated men in poor metabolic control obtained lower scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Information and Vocabulary subtests than did a demographically matched group in good metabolic control. Men in poor control evidenced disrupted attention on a simple reaction time measure. Results suggest that poor metabolic…