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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
Provide comprehensive Neuropsychological evaluation for geriatric, adult and pediatric patients with evident or suspected cognitive or neuropsychiatric impairments. Neuropsychological information regarding an individual's cognitive and behavioral functioning that is quantified and medically necessary, is essential for diagnosis, outcome prediction and treatment planning.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
Provide scientific methods to understand personality, emotional and behavioral functioning to arrive at a diagnosis and guide treatment planning. A psychological assessment may include numerous components such as norm-referenced psychological tests, informal tests and surveys, interview information, school or medical records, medical evaluation and observational data.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY
Provide psychological treatment based on Cognitive Behavior Therapy strategies for various medical and psychological conditions that can negatively impact an individual’s life at different developmental stages, and further guide in treatment planning. The goal is to ensure attainment of optimum functioning in as many areas of life as possible.
How can We Help
Neuropsychological evaluation helps to
- Identify Cognitive Strengths and Weaknesses
- Rule out significant cognitive and functional decline
- Document baseline cognitive and emotional functioning
- Identify the need of placement / level of care/ functional skills/ Rehab
- Assess capacity to benefit from treatment and barriers to progress
- Identify impairments in decision making skills
- Assess independent living, medical, financial decision-making capabilities
Helps to arrive at a diagnosis
- Scientific and objective evaluation of symptoms to arrive at a diagnosis
- Quantification of deficits to evaluate severity of the problem/ impairments
- Evaluate differential diagnosis
- Ruling out differential diagnosis
- For example, age related memory decline VS dementia VS MCI
- Rule out psudo-dementia VS depression
- Evaluate eligibility for accommodations for ADHD/ IDD
- Assess co-morbid conditions and secondary influences
- Differentiate organic conditions from psychogenic disorders
Helps in the treatment planning
- A comprehensive understand of an individual’s current level of cognitive, psychological, and adaptive functioning is utilized to develop targeted intervention plans
- The goal is to ensure attainment of optimum functioning in as many life areas as possible.
- Psychological interventions are predominantly based on Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- CBT is a time-limited, evidence-based, goal-oriented and systematic psychotherapeutic approach targeting dysfunctional thoughts, emotions, and behaviors
- CBT treatments have received empirical support for effective treatment of a variety of clinical conditions