A neuropsychological assessment's main purpose is to identify how a person is functioning after a brain injury, a diagnosis or suspected neuropathological process. Neuropsychological testing can help your doctor identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses such as the ability to reason, concentrate, solve problems, or remember. It is a formal assessment of cognitive function and includes an evaluation of a person's mental status. In addition, it is designed to assess an individual's orientation, short-term and long-term memory, intelligence, language, visual perception and executive function. A neuropsychological assessment also focuses on a person's psychological, personal, interpersonal and wider contextual circumstances. Individuals who have or are suspected to be experiencing the following neurological related problems may benefit in receiving a neuropsychological assessment:

• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  
• Seizure Disorder/Epilepsy
  
• Alzheimer's
  
• Dementia
  
• History of a Stroke
  
• Parkinson's Disease
  
• Multiple Sclerosis
  
• Brain Tumor
  
• ADHD
  
• HIV/AIDS
  
• Concussion
  
• Heavy Drug or Alcohol Abuse
  
• Exposure to Poisonous Chemicals or Pollutants