Oregonian: Muriel Lezak, Portland’s pioneering neuropsychologist and brain-injury expert, dies at 94
Muriel Lezak began working at Portland’s veterans’ hospital in 1966. The U.S. had tens of thousands of soldiers in Vietnam, and some of them were now showing up at the Oregon hospital suffering from ...
Republican Herald: Muriel Lezak, Leading Authority on Brain Injuries, Dies at 94
Muriel Lezak, a neuropsychologist who wrote a landmark textbook in the early days of her discipline that became an essential guide to the description and evaluation of brain injuries and disorders, ...
The New York Times: Muriel Lezak, Leading Authority on Brain Injuries, Dies at 94
A neuropsychologist, she wrote a textbook that became an essential guide to describing and evaluating brain damage and dysfunction. By Richard Sandomir Muriel Lezak, a neuropsychologist who wrote a ...
Neuropsychological assessment plays a central role in diagnosing vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID), yet clinical approaches have varied widely for nearly two decades. Newly updated, ...
A psychological assessment can include numerous components such as norm-referenced psychological tests, informal tests and surveys, interview information, school or medical records, medical evaluation, and observational data. A psychologist determines what information to use based on the specific questions being asked.
The current guidelines focus on two areas identified as deficits in the 2001 guidelines: the need for greater specificity of assessment constructs and foundational knowledge, and the need to address the expanded and more specialized roles of psychologists using assessment and evaluation tools in various clinical and other professional settings.
Depression Assessment Instruments These instruments are relevant to the treatment of depression. Careful assessment is an important part of evidence-based practice. Initial assessments of depressive symptoms can help determine possible treatment options, and periodic assessment throughout care can guide treatment and gauge progress.