Conducting a Culturally Informed Neuropsychological Evaluation

This book is a must-read for clinicians and researchers alike. It is replete with interesting and informative examples, along with supportive references, concerning differences in learning experiences, values, and communication styles that affect how the culturally different client approaches and performs in the testing situation. It provides conceptual and practical elements that will enhance obtaining valid neuropsychological test results and interpreting findings from people with different backgrounds than our own. There is no way one can read this book and fail to come away with increased sensitivity and practical knowledge.

- Robert K. Heaton, PhD, ABPP-CN, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego

Each passing year brings a richer patient diversity to the office practices of North American neuropsychologists, whether related to ethnicity, important beliefs and values, language, or more broadly construed as cross-cultural diversity. Fujii has compiled a thoughtful, scholarly, and yet practical and generously instructive text that will assist trainees and practicing clinicians in meeting the challenges of cross-cultural diversity via culturally informed neuropsychological practice.

- Jerry J. Sweet, PhD, ABPP, Director, Neuropsychology Service, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Teaching Affiliate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Evanston