NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS

一套全面的神经心理测试组合被用来 提供各种认知和感觉功能的完整评估 这可能与大脑不同区域的损伤或功能障碍有关 电子大脑。成人电池包括旨在利用以下各项的测试 行为的各个方面：注意力，执行功能，语言，记忆， 运动功能，定向，选定的感觉和知觉功能， 警觉和视觉空间功能。此外，成年人还被给予 一个测试一般智力和。在一些研究中，受试者是 进行了一次有组织的精神病学面谈。改装后的电池具有 已开发用于评估婴儿、学龄前儿童和 6-16岁的儿童。这些电池提供的数据正在被使用 构建注意要素的神经心理学理论 这可能适用于神经学和精神病学诊断组 正在LPP研究中。LPP的主要焦点是精神障碍 涉及注意力受损，包括精神分裂症、癫痫、进食 精神障碍、情感障碍、头部损伤和艾滋病痴呆症复合体。 正在进行神经心理学特征之间的比较 不同组别的精神科病人和 特定脑区的已知脑损伤。我们的数据也是 被用来描述神经行为定义的亚群 诊断类别，一项旨在减少 精神病学的诊断、治疗和结果。由本网站提供的数据 协议提供可集成完整行为评估 同时收集电生理学、神经放射学和 生化信息。

A set of comprehensive neuropsychological test batteries is used to provide a complete assessment of various cognitive and sensory function that can be related to damage or dysfunction in different regions of the e brain. The adult battery comprises tests designed to tap the following aspects of behavior: attention, executive function, language, memory, motor functions, orientation, selected sensory and perceptual functions, vigilance and visual-spatial functions. In addition, adults are given a test of general intelligence and. In some studies, subjects are administered a structured psychiatric interview. Modified batteries have been developed for the assessment of infants, preschool children, and children ages 6-16. The data provided by these batteries are being used to construct a neuropsychological theory of the elements of attention that may be applied to the neurological and psychiatric diagnostic groups under study in the LPP. The LPP has as its major focus disorders involving impaired attention, including schizophrenia, epilepsy, eating disorders, affective disorders, head injuries, and AIDs dementia complex. Comparisons are being carries out between the neuropsychological profiles of various groups of psychiatric patients and those of patients with known cerebral lesions in specified brain regions. Our data are also being used to delineate neurobehaviorally-defined subgroups within diagnostic categories, an undertaking aimed at reducing variability in psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. The data provided by this protocol provide a complete behavioral assessment that may be integrated with concurrently gathered electrophysiological, neuroradiological, and biochemical information.