Psychological Evaluations with Neuropsychological Testing at Jones-Wood Psychological
Psychological evaluations may include a variety of neuropsychological tests to measure one’s cognitive abilities. These abilities tested might include:
- Intellectual abilities (IQ)
- Reading/reading comprehension
- Language usage
- Attention/concentration
- Processing speed
- Learning and memory
- Reasoning
- Visuospatial skills
- Mood and personality
- Executive functions (higher level skills you use to organize and maintain self-control)
Why might I need neuropsychological testing?
- Confusion
- Language difficulty
- Cannot recognize things
- Cannot recognize familiar persons
- Poor judgement/decision making; lack of reasoning ability
- Unexplained change in personality, increase in anxiety or depression, development of delusions or hallucinations
- Gets lost easily
- Frequently loses items
- Visuospatial difficulties
- Difficulty drawing or using a map
- Poor attention and concentration
- Does not appear to listen
- Gets confused in conversation
- New difficulty with understanding or organization
- Problems managing bills or finances
- Changes in short-term memory
- Asks the same questions repeatedly
Other reasons to seek a psychological evaluation with neuropsychological testing:
- To evaluate eligibility for disability services or benefits
- As part of a criminal case, to assist with determining competency to stand trial or sanity at the time of the act.
- Assessment following a car crash or work injury
- Intelligence testing
- Assessment for autism spectrum disorder
- Assessment for ADHD
- Assessment for learning disability
- Seek diagnosis for recent symptoms
- Seek diagnostic clarification continued, unresolved symptoms
- Assessment following a traumatic brain injury
What conditions can be diagnosed?
Many different disorders can be diagnosed as a result of comprehensive psychological assessment. These
are the most common ones that can be diagnosed at Jones-Wood Psychological Associates, Inc.:
- Neurocognitive disorders
- Dementia
- Delirium
- Amnesia
- Cognitive disorders due to:
- Traumatic brain injury
- Parkinson’s disease
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Huntington’s disease
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Autism spectrum disorder
- ADHD
- Intellectual disability
- Specific learning disorders
What testing would not be performed?
A neuropsychological exam is different than the medical tests that might be utilized by a neurologist. Brain imaging (MRI, fMRI, CAT scan, PET scan, EEG) is not performed at Jones-Wood Psychological Associates, Inc. However, we will recommend to your physician that you obtain such imaging to explore medical causes for presenting symptoms when necessary.
How long does a psychological exam with neuropsychological testing take?
The length of time for testing varies considerably, depending on the nature of the issue and reason for
examination. It typically takes between 3 and 6 hours.
Our Jones-Wood Psychological Associates, Inc. psychologists that conduct these evaluations are:
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