PSYC32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neuropsychological Assessment, Neurofibrillary Tangle, Senile Plaques
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Diagnosis: neuropsychological assessment can be useful for: identifying a possible neurological disorder in a nonpsychiatric patient. Helping to distinguish between different neurological conditions. Providing behavioural data for localizing the site of a lesion. *however, the use of neuropsychological assessment as a diagnostic tool has diminished: sometimes neuropsychological assessments can help to differentiate between people. For example, if three people had similar frontal lesions, it is only through neuropsychological assessments you would be able to see their distinctively different psychosocial behaviours. Neuropsychological assessments can document mental abilities that are inconsistent with anatomic findings, such as the 101 yo nun whose test scores were high but had abundant neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques, similar to those found in. Alzhei(cid:373)er"s disease: neuropsychological assessments can aid in prodromal or early detection and prediction of dementing disorders or outcome. Repeated testing may also be used to measure the effects of surgical procedures, medical treatment, or retraining.
