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