Neuropsychology
The link between behavior and brain.
From the Neuropsychology Department we offer psychological counseling to a wide variety of patients, from adults with neuropsychiatric problems, degenerative disorders or acquired brain damage to children with neurodevelopmental disorders or learning difficulties.
What is a neuropsychological assessment for?
The neuropsychological assessment allows to define the cognitive and psychological state of the patient, in order to discriminate, in a precise way, the possible existence of lesions or affections in the brain that have an impact on the patient's daily life.
A neuropsychological diagnosis can help identify the presence of early and mild cognitive alterations when they do not yet imply a compromise of the patient's daily activity.
This early detection is especially important in pathologies such as dementias, as well as in metabolic and toxic processes, in which having tools that facilitate differential diagnosis is a priority.
When should a neuropsychological assessment be performed?
A neuropsychological evaluation is generally recommended when there are suspicions, symptoms, or complaints related to memory, attention or reasoning.
Diseases of a neurological nature, such as dementia or stroke, often involve changes in the ability to concentrate, memory, reasoning and even behavior and emotions.
Neurocognitive assessments are also performed in psychological and psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or addiction disorder, among others, since they often involve a compromise of a person's cognitive functioning.
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Acquired Brain Injury
Affective and psychiatric pathologies
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Others
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Among the most frequent neurodegenerative diseases are Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, among others.
In order to contribute to the diagnosis of these diseases, we perform the following protocols:
- Basic Assessment Protocol:
- Brief cognitive tracking
- Affective-behavioral assessment
- Functional evaluation
- Dementia Assessment Protocol:
- Comprehensive assessment of cognitive impairment (attention, memory and executive functions, among others).
- Affective-behavioral assessment
- Functional evaluation
- Parkinson's Disease Assessment Protocol:
- Assessment of cognitive impairment (attention, memory, executive functions and visuospatial function, among others).
- Evaluation of motor skills
- Affective-behavioral assessment
- Functional evaluation
Acquired Brain Injury
Acquired Brain Injury can be due to cerebrovascular accidents (ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes) and traumatic brain injury.
To evaluate the consequences of Acquired Brain Injury we performed the following protocol:
- Acquired Brain Injury Protocol:
- Evaluation of higher mental abilities:
- Care evaluation
- Language evaluation
- Memory evaluation
- Evaluation of executive functions
- Assessment of visuoperceptive and visuospatial skills
- Assessment of praxias
- Affective-behavioral assessment
- Evaluation of higher mental abilities:
Affective and psychiatric pathologies
In order to contribute to the diagnosis of affective and psychiatric pathologies, such as anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, EuroEspes has the following protocols:
- Neuropsychiatric Protocol:
- General cognitive performance evaluation
- Affective-behavioral assessment
- Affective Evaluation Protocol
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurodevelopmental disorders include intellectual disability, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and learning disorders, among others.
In order to contribute to the diagnosis of these disorders we perform the following assessments:
- Neurodevelopmental assessment: individualized and personalized assessment of the different neurodevelopmental disorders through the use of instruments such as Brunet-Lézine, Cumanin, Batelle, Enfen, etc.
- Assessment of general intellectual aptitude and cognitive skills using the WISC-V scale.
Others
- Screening protocol A: Assessment for adults with a family history of dementia.
- Screening protocol B: Evaluation for adults with a family history of dementia and cardiovascular disease.
- Screening protocol C: Evaluation for adults without a family history of dementia.
- Personality study
- Sleep study
- Assessment of general intellectual attitude in adults