neuropsychiatric testing
- related: Geriatrics
What is neuropsychiatric testing
- battery of tests. 2-4 hours
- 100's of test by psychologists for cognition
- Domains of cognition
- memory
- attention
- verbal: tested the most
- executive
- visual spatial
- In dementia, usually memory, executive functions go first. Verbal goes late
- MOCA, Mini cog, IQ test
- AVLT: audio verbal learning tool. Ability to learn and remember
- Trails A & B
- Boston naming