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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 28
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 28
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How to deal with incompetent neuropsych?
Given how inadequate current imaging technologies are for detecting "mild" brain injury, the neuropsychological evaluation is suggested by many as a good alternative to get "proof" of cognitive disabilities. However, most doctors treat the results as meaningless without the neuropsych's diagnostic impression. Does any one have advice/experience dealing with a neuropsychologist who ignores areas of difficulty/tries to fit everything into a purely "psychological" framework? Is there any way to get around this by having a second neuropsych re-evaluate one's results?
For instance, my tests showed up major discrepancies between premorbid functioning/academic performance levels and neuropsych results. They also showed extreme deficiencies in visual perceptual reasoning, executive function, working memory and visual memory. Neuropsych suggested these were premorbid weaknesses?!
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