Clinical Neuroscience II

Catalog description

The course focuses on clinical and imaging assessment methods, psychological testing batteries and evidence-based treatments pertaining to neurocognitive and neuropsychological disorders associated with major brain pathologies. Students will learn about evidence-based testing batteries to assess and detect neurocognitive impairments known to commonly co-occur with addiction/ substance use disorders, disorders associated with delirium, major neurocognitive disorders and mild neurocognitive disorder. Students will learn about neuropsychological testing results associated with specific brain regions involved to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury (TBI), vascular disorders, and dementia with Lewy Bodies, frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, HIV infection and frontal lobe disorders associated with aggression and violence in forensic populations.