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The hospital has a team of professionally trained psychologists who can provide comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological assessments in the following clinics:
Child and Adolescent Clinic Assessments of:
- Head injury, tumor, seizures, stroke
- Psychiatric disorders (obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar, depression, etc.)
- Attention and learning disorders
- Genetic disorders (Prader-Willi, mitochondrial, etc.)
- Mental retardation, autism, pervasive developmental disorders
- Tourette's Syndrome and other tic disorders
- Consultation to schools as needed
- Assessment of intelligence, cognition, personality, mood,
- Behavioral problems affecting education and treatment.
Adult Clinic Assessments of:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Stroke, tumor, seizure disorders
- Multiple sclerosis, toxic or infectious encephalopathy
- HIV-related cognitive dysfunction
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Psychiatric symptoms with impaired cognition
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pre- and post-intervention (neurosurgical, cardiac, psycho-pharmacologic) cognitive status examinations
- Evaluation of competence, employment/disability status, diagnostic clarification, treatment and rehabilitation planning, independent medical evaluations.
Memory Disorders Clinic Assessments of:
- Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias
- Mild cognitive impairment, early memory loss
- Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders
- Stroke and microvascular disease
- Patients needing comprehensive workups for memory disorders can be followed in our Memory Clinic, which provides multidisciplinary (neurologic, neuropsychologic
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