Neuropsychology Rehabilitation Services|Lifespan

Suicide is a major health problem worldwide, with well over 1 million of deaths per year. Suicidal thoughts are more common than suicide attempts, with the latter occurring about 10 times more frequently than completed suicides. Among the most important risk factors are depression and anxiety/other mental health disorders combined with physical diseases such as chronic pain.

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) often manifests with symptoms associated with epileptic seizures as a result of some form of psychological distress as opposed to abnormal brain wave activity.  Symptoms may resemble complex partial or absence seizures with atypical movements, falling, reduced attention,

Clinical neuropsychology has now been absorbed into the medical model in various settings, from private practice to different departments in the hospital. The field has grown remarkably, providing the behavioral expression of different pathological brain conditions.  Our field has been built upon an assembly of past neuropsychologist giants along with the rich integration from different disciplines of psychology.

Forgetting where you placed your keys or occasionally struggling to find the right word is common as we get older, but how can we tell the difference between normal aging and the early signs of dementia? What’s Normal? Mild changes in memory and processing speed are typical with age.