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Neuropsychological Toxicology

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Handbook of Neuropsychological Assessment

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The field of neuropsychological toxicology is a relatively recent offshoot of clinical neuropsychology that unites a variety of neuropsychological studies concerned with endogenous or exogenous toxin exposure. The substances capable of investigation by psychometric neuropsychological methods are as familiar as alcohol, and as obscure as aliphatic hydrocarbons. Some, like alcohol, lead, or toluene, have been the subjects of frequent investigation. Alternatively, little is known about the neuropsychological effects of other neurotoxicants, including allergens, biological toxins, many pharmaceuticals, industrial wastes, or even many commonly abused drugs, e.g., cocaine, PCP. The common thread tying these substances to a field called neuropsychological toxicology is that each substance is capable of inducing nervous system impairment, and those impairments can be detected by neuropsychological measures.

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Hartman, D.E. (1992). Neuropsychological Toxicology. In: Puente, A.E., McCaffrey, R.J. (eds) Handbook of Neuropsychological Assessment. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0682-3_18

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