Improving clinical diagnosis of mild neurocogntive disorders using neuropsychological assessment

老年神经精神残疾的主要原因是痴呆或较轻的认知障碍。然而，这些疾病可能是具有挑战性的诊断，因为微妙的认知缺陷和缺乏适当的规范参考组。通过为关键诊断措施开发全面的、有代表性的澳大利亚规范性数据，并完善临床诊断方法，该研究将对神经心理学评估实践的准确性产生重大影响。

A major proportion of neuropsychiatric disability in old age is due to dementia or milder cognitive disorders. However, these disorders can be challenging to diagnose because of the subtlety of cognitive deficits and a lack of appropriate normative reference groups. By developing comprehensive, representative Australian normative data for key diagnostic measures and refining clinical diagnostic methods, the study will have a major impact on the accuracy of neuropsychological assessment practice.