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Neuropsychological Evaluations
Neuropsychological evaluation often includes at least 3 components:
- A review of your medical and other records
- An interview with you and, often, another person who knows you well (a family member, close friend, or caregiver)
- Administration of tests that measure your abilities and mood.
Using these three sources of information, a neuropsychologist will provide you with a comprehensive report that summarizes relevant medical history, your evaluation results, areas where your cognitive or emotional functioning has changed, and recommendations for work, home, and family.
The evaluation is helpful to answer questions about return to normal life. You may have questions like:
- “When can I go back to work?”
- “Can I start driving again?”
- “Can I live by myself or do I need to live with my parents?”
- “What kind of accommodations do I need for school?”
- “Am I depressed or am I just tired?”
Although doctors are able to look at scans and images of the brain, pictures do not always show how the brain is working and how the brain has been injured. By doing neuropsychological testing, doctors are able to see how your brain is working. These tests will also help you and your doctors understand how your abilities and mood have changed. Once you have completed the evaluation process, your health care provider will be able to give you recommendations that will help you and your family to develop a plan for getting better.
Typically, neuropsychological tests will examine a variety of skills and abilities:
- General Intelligence
- Problem Solving
Planning and Abstract Thinking - Attention and Concentration
- Learning and Memory
- Language
- Visual and Spatial Perception ‐ Motor and Sensory Skills
- Academic Skills
Depending on your illness or injury, the evaluation may focus on some abilities more than others.