Psychological assessment, also called psychological testing,  is the process of gathering information about your psychological functioning to clarify if you have a mental health disorder. Neuropsychological assessment is the comprehensive evaluation of how well your brain  functions (e.g. thinking, memory, language, and behavioral skills).  Testing usually includes meeting with a psychologist for several hours, completing various questionnaires, and providing your other medical/mental health records for review. Common reasons to have testing include:

MEDICAL & NEUROCOGNITIVE 

• Cognitive functioning & impairment 

• Dementia & neurocognitive disorders 

• Traumatic brain injury 

• Cognitive effects of neurological/medical conditions Pre- and post-surgical cognitive evaluations

DIAGNOSTIC & DEVELOPMENTAL 

• ADHD 

• Attention & concentration concerns 

• Autism spectrum disorder 

• Learning disorders 

• Intellectual disability 

• Diagnostic clarification of psychiatric and cognitive concerns 

FUNCTIONAL & DISABILITY 

• Capacity evaluations 

• Disability evaluations 

• Fitness-for-duty evaluations 

• Reasonable accommodation evaluations 

• Veterans disability evaluations 

• Workers’ compensation evaluations 

FORENSIC 

• Forensic evaluations