Protocol Number: 83-M-0176

Title:

Neuropsychological Evaluation of Psychiatric and Neurological Patients

Number:

83-M-0176

Summary:

This study will allow researchers to use various types of tests to evaluate cognitive and sensory functions. These tests, referred to as "batteries" will evaluate attention, executive functions, general intellectual functioning, language, memory, motor functions, orientation, personality, selected sensory and perceptual functions, vigilance (alertness), and visual-spatial functions. Children and adult patient will receive different test batteries.

The goals of this research study are to;

1. Create descriptions based on the performance of each patient on the test batteries. Then use this information to relate patient behavior to their neurophysiological, neuroradiological, and biochemical descriptions.

2. Define subgroups of patients based on their neurobehavior in order to decrease the variability of psychiatric diagnoses, treatments, and prognoses.

Sponsoring Institute:

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Recruitment Detail

Type: Active Accrual Of New Subjects

Gender: Male & Female

Referral Letter Required: No

Population Exclusion(s): None

Eligibility Criteria:

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Patients.

Normal volunteers.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Subjects over 95 years of age.

Subjects with a history of alcohol or drug abuse, psychopathology, or central nervous system pathology, other than that which defines group membership, may be excluded.

Special Instructions: Currently Not Provided

Keywords:

Executive Functions

Language

Attention

Visual-Spatial Ability

Memory

Motor Behavior

Intelligence

Personality

Visual and Auditory Functioning

Hand and Eye Dominance

Recruitment Keywords:

Normal Volunteer

Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Conditions:

Anxiety Disorder

Head Injury

Mood Disorder

Schizophrenia

Seizures

Investigational Drug(s):

None

Investigational Device(s):

None

Contacts:

Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
Building 61
10 Cloister Court
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4754
Toll Free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 301-594-9774 (local),1-866-411-1010 (toll free)
Fax: 301-480-9793

Electronic Mail:prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov

Citations:

Analysis of the elements of attention: a neuropsychological approach

Disorders of attention: a neuropsychological perspective

The spectrum of structural brain changes in schizophrenia: age of onset as a predictor of cognitive and clinical impairments and their cerebral correlates

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