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Keene Neuropsychology clinic |
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103 Roxbury St Suite 300 Keene, NH 03431 Phone: (603) 357 - 8378 Fax: (603) 357 - 8375 |
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How can Neuropsychological Evaluations help your clients and cases? · Determine whether your client’s subjective cognitive complaints can be identified in an objective evaluation. · Identify the extent of cognitive difficulties and treatment recommendations. · Estimate the extent of cognitive decline through comparing current functions to premorbid estimates of functioning. · Determine the validity of a client’s complaints through tests of effort and malingering. · In civil cases, this may help a plaintiff's cognitive difficulties be taken more seriously or help a defendant identify symptom exaggeration. · In criminal cases, this may be important in a variety of ways that may include: · assistance in determining a defendant’s competency to stand trial · providing additional information about the capacity to appreciate the criminal nature of an act or to inhibit such acts. How do I choose a Clinical Neuropsychologist and are there other professionals more appropriate to a forensic setting? · You may click on the link to the right, to find a qualified neuropsychologist. Make sure you choose a ABPP Board Certified Neuropsychologist. · ONLY a Clinical Neuropsychologist is competent to use neuropsychological tests. · While a neurologist, psychiatrist, or other physician may be well qualified within their area of expertise, they are not qualified to interpret a neuropsychological test battery. · The advantage of using a neuropsychologist is that they are experts at using objective tests to evaluate cognitive functions. Thus, their conclusions are based more on verifiable test data and less on their opinion. |
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Clinical Neuropsychologist |