A neuropsychological assessment's main purpose is to identify how a person is functioning after a brain injury, a diagnosis or suspected neuropathological process.  Neuropsychological testing can help your doctor identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses such as the ability to reason, concentrate, solve problems, or remember.  It is a formal assessment of cognitive function and includes an evaluation of a person's mental status.  In addition, it is designed to assess an individual's orientation, short-term and long-term memory, intelligence, language, visual perception and executive function.  A neuropsychological assessment also focuses on a person's psychological, personal, interpersonal and wider contextual circumstances.  Individuals who have or are suspected to be experiencing the following neurological related problems may benefit in receiving a neuropsychological assessment:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Seizure Disorder/Epilepsy
  • Alzheimer's
  • Dementia
  • History of a Stroke
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Brain Tumor
  • ADHD
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Concussion
  • Heavy  Drug or Alcohol Abuse
  • Exposure to Poisonous Chemicals or Pollutants