Carla Back Madruga , PhD

Research Interests

Neuropsychology
Aging
Malingering
Alzheimer's Disease
HIV/AIDS

Clinical Interests

Neuropsychology
Neuropsychological Assessment
Aging
HIV/AIDS
Dementia

Degrees

California School Prof Psychology, PHD, 1994
California School Pr, MA, 1991

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

Memberships

American Psychological Association (Divisions 20 and 40)
International Neuro psychological Society
California State Psychological Society
California State Psychological Association

Clinical Affiliation

LAC+USC Medical Center
USC Healthcare Consultation Center
USC University Hospital

ck, C.L., Boone, K.B., Edwards, C.T., Parks, C. Burgoyne, K., & Silver, B. The performance of schizophrenics on three cognitive tests of malingering: Rey 15-Item, Rey Dot Counting, and Forced Choice Method. Assessment, #(4), 449-457, 1996

Cummings, J.L. & Back, C.L. The cholinergic hypothesis of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 6(2), S64-S78, 1998

Back, C.L., Miller, B.L., & Cummings, J.L. Neurobiological basis of behavioral changes in HIV-1 encephalopathy. Chapter in Van Gorp, W. & Buckingham, S.L. (Eds), A mental health practitioner's guide to the neuropsychiatric complications HIV/AIDS. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. 1998

McPherson, S., Back, C., Buckwalter, G.L., & Cummings, J.L. Gender-related cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, International Psychogeriatrics, 11(2), 117-122, 1999

Boone, K.G., Po, L., Sherman, D., Palmer, B., Back, C., Shamieh, E., Warner-Chacon, K., & Berman, N.G. Validation of a new technique to detect malingering of cognitive symptoms: The B test, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (In press), 1999