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Originally Posted by donniedarko
So, if I were to do an NPA and it came back good, would that be a good indicator that my issues may be more so psychological than physiological? What if my baseline was really high so that even though I got damaged I still score better than average?
I'm asking because my neuro suggested we do one if I really want to. If it comes back good I would focus on treating what my neuro thinks my biggest problem is: anxiety and depression.
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It's my understanding that if your neuropsychological profile came back showing no cognitive difficulties then the treatment would shift to focus on other things like anxiety and depression that may be causing your difficulties.
This article explains qualitative vs quantative in there somewhere. Sorry if it's hard to read being so long.
The Neuropsychologist doing the testing would not only assess your situation on the quantative i.e. marked results against a "norm", they would also combine their qualitive assessment which is more of a clinical history and takes other things into consideration besides "scores" on the test.
http://www.bcmj.org/article/neuropsy...nical-overview
Neuropsychological assessment in mild traumatic brain injury: A clinical overview
Issue: BCMJ, Vol. 48, No. 9, November 2006, page(s) 447-452 Articles
Brenda Kosaka, PhD, RPsych
07-31-2015, 04:31 PM
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