0:00I'll tell you how 1 neuropsychological assessment works
0:02because I know that many people have curiosity
0:041st that I am a neuropsychologist graduated from USP
0:07EU work with adult evaluation
0:08mainly in of TDH and
0:12first step
0:12we need to have a conversation
0:14we are going to make a naminese that lasts about an hour and a half there
0:17two hours
0:18why do i need to understand so many issues from your childhood
0:20how much today in adult life
0:22we will really pass
0:23deep through all these points there of its development
0:25in the adaptation period
0:26there how did you grow up
0:28developing until today in adult life
0:30and the complaints also that existed before
0:32that were resolved then
0:33that remain and have worsened now
0:35that's how you grew up and became 1 adult right
0:38so i need to get going with a puzzle actually
0:40first with qualitative data
0:43which is what you bring me mainly in our first conversation
0:45after that
0:46we go to the evaluation sessions
0:48what is the application of tests
0:49I left some back here for us using as an example
0:51and then the tests
0:52they will vary a little according to each case
0:55i work with a specific battery and then i add some tests
0:59by the patient's demand there
1:00what we are evaluating
1:01of the difficulties and potentialities that I also perceive
1:04so first of all we need to assess intelligence is
1:08is our starting point
1:09so we will always use some tests as opa
1:11like this one vibes is
1:13or visa in case of children
1:14to evaluate intelligence
1:16and then we go to more specific areas
1:18as a attention test
1:19temporary flexibility and so on
1:21so even if you come with a complaint
1:23sometimes very specific inattention
1:25you realize that we will evaluate other important areas there
1:27because we won't understand just how your attention is
1:29we will understand the cognitive function of your brain as a whole
1:32ok
1:33so that's it
1:34we come to naminesia
1:35we come to the evaluative part
1:36in the evaluative part,
1:37we evaluate all the cognitive aspects of your brain
1:40operation as a whole
1:41for us to understand the preserved areas
1:43the affected areas
1:44including
1:45think of a treatment based on this,
1:46right
1:47I can't tell you how these tests are
1:49but I can point out that some activities are more boring
1:58others are much cooler
1:59some get harder too
2:01as you do
2:02so it starts very easy
2:03as you learn
2:04go getting it right
2:05they get difficult
2:06it's a very
2:07very attractive
2:08so every time we change activities
2:10we will is
2:11really evaluating the whole production process
2:13and for us to evaluate this whole process
2:14continues
2:14we need a lot of activities
2:16different from one another as well
2:17the idea is that you don't brag about all the tests
2:20so i always leave my patients very calm about it
2:23we don't have a prediction that you get everything right
2:25in fact,
2:25whoever gets everything right will score more there in the IQ
2:28what is intelligence assessment
2:29but we don't really expect its performance to be excellent
2:32to be replaced
2:33in fact the tests have a medium range there
2:35the performance that we are evaluating,
2:38whether its functioning
2:39if your performance is within normal limits
2:41there for age group or other issues
2:43involved
2:43in adults
2:44I also assess the personality
2:46I think it's important for us to have this construct
2:47not only of the most quantitative part of the tests
2:50more than qualitative
2:51of some questionnaires that we do for personality assessment
2:54of other issues involved there is
2:56I also assess aspects of depressed mood
2:58of excessive humor
2:59because it ends up impacting the tests
3:01has many symptoms there that overlap too
3:03so that's the overview
3:05we have amnesia there
3:06has the part of applying the tests
3:08which was all this i explained to you and then ah
3:11it's a part that stays only with me
3:12I'm going to fix all these tests
3:14I'm going to make a report on all this content over there
3:18of all your
3:19scores
3:20and from that I add the coincidental part with the qualitative part
3:23which is what you brought me from your difficulties and so on
3:26and we will understand if these results together
3:29they are indicative of something right
3:32so it doesn't have a specific test
3:33for example
3:33for us to assess HDD
3:34but we evaluate
3:35a set of jaws you bring me
3:37with your overall test performance
3:39and from that we understand if they are signs
3:41symptoms and scores that are consistent with TDH or not
3:44or with other questions as well
3:46but what I think is coolest is that we will understand
3:48in depth its functioning
3:49it's me playing with your patients which is an hour of self-knowledge
3:52because a lot of information is breaking
3:54you understand your potential
3:55your difficulties and and comes out much more targeted
3:58for a psychotherapy process
4:00for more efficient treatment
4:01understanding what makes sense to you and the best way to achieve it
4:06if you still have any doubts
4:07how the neuropsychological assessment process works
4:09leave it here in the comments that I will answer you
4:12combined