Neuropsychological Evaluation of Psychiatric and Neurological Patients
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Neurology, Neurology, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology, Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | Any - 95 |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | October 1983 |
| End Date: | December 2006 |
This study will allow researchers to use various types of tests to evaluate cognitive and
sensory functions. These tests, referred to as "batteries" will evaluate attention,
executive functions, general intellectual functioning, language, memory, motor functions,
orientation, personality, selected sensory and perceptual functions, vigilance (alertness),
and visual-spatial functions. Children and adult patient will receive different test
batteries.
The goals of this research study are to;
1. Create descriptions based on the performance of each patient on the test batteries.
Then use this information to relate patient behavior to their neurophysiological,
neuroradiological, and biochemical descriptions.
2. Define subgroups of patients based on their neurobehavior in order to decrease the
variability of psychiatric diagnoses, treatments, and prognoses.
sensory functions. These tests, referred to as "batteries" will evaluate attention,
executive functions, general intellectual functioning, language, memory, motor functions,
orientation, personality, selected sensory and perceptual functions, vigilance (alertness),
and visual-spatial functions. Children and adult patient will receive different test
batteries.
The goals of this research study are to;
1. Create descriptions based on the performance of each patient on the test batteries.
Then use this information to relate patient behavior to their neurophysiological,
neuroradiological, and biochemical descriptions.
2. Define subgroups of patients based on their neurobehavior in order to decrease the
variability of psychiatric diagnoses, treatments, and prognoses.
Neuropsychological tests are used to provide an assessment of cognitive functions in
patients with idiopathic generalized epileptic (IGE) disorders and their first-degree
relatives. The battery comprises tests designed to tap attention, memory, selected sensory
and perceptual functions, vigilance, and visual-spatial functions. Modified batteries have
been developed for the assessment of children ages 5-8, and children ages 8-16. The data
provided by these batteries are compared with genetic profiles of the same participants that
have been ascertained from blood samples analyzed by colleagues at the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine/Columbia University in New York City.
patients with idiopathic generalized epileptic (IGE) disorders and their first-degree
relatives. The battery comprises tests designed to tap attention, memory, selected sensory
and perceptual functions, vigilance, and visual-spatial functions. Modified batteries have
been developed for the assessment of children ages 5-8, and children ages 8-16. The data
provided by these batteries are compared with genetic profiles of the same participants that
have been ascertained from blood samples analyzed by colleagues at the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine/Columbia University in New York City.
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Patients.
Normal volunteers.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Subjects over 95 years of age.
Subjects with a history of alcohol or drug abuse, psychopathology, or central nervous
system pathology, other than that which defines group membership, may be excluded.
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Columbia University In 1897, the university moved from Forty-ninth Street and Madison Avenue, where it...
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9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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111 Michigan Ave NW
Washington, District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia
(202) 476-5000
Childrens National Medical Center As the nation’s children’s hospital, the mission of Children’s National Medical...
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