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Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

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Join John and Ryan as they explore the field of neuropsychology through the presentation of cutting edge scientific findings, discussion of important topic areas, and interviews with experts in a variety of relevant fields. The three main objectives of the podcast are to 1) Provide interesting, relevant, and easily-accessible information for students and professionals in neuropsychology, as well as anyone who is interested in brain-behavior relationships. 2) Begin working towards unification ...
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Today we bring you the audio from a recent discussion with Philip Sarpong, a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Wheaton College who spoke to us for his YouTube channel and podcast, called Phil’s Guide to PsyD. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/155 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Ge…
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This episode is a conversation with Dr. Lucette Cysique about long COVID. We discuss terminology, symptom profiles, epidemiology, biological mechanisms, psychological and sociocultural factors, overlap with chronic fatigue syndrome, overlap with functional neurological disorder, neuropsychological evaluations, and treatment recommendations. Show no…
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Today we give you our second pediatric fact finding case. For this one, we have Dr. Jennifer Reesman playing the role of examiner and Dr. Veronica Chang playing the role of examinee. Jen is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and pediatric neuropsychology through ABPP and works at the Chesapeake Center in Maryland. Veronica is a postdoctora…
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In this episode on systemic, non-CNS cancer therapies and brain health, with Drs. Michael Parsons and Jorg Dietrich, we discuss basic concepts in cancer biology, the impact of cancer therapies on cognition, mechanisms by which non-CNS treatments impact brain health, the role of the immune system in treatment, immune system overactivation and cognit…
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Today we give you our conversation about performance validity tests with Dr. Kyle Boone. Kyle is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist in private practice in Torrance, California. This episode represents an extension of our prior discussion with Kyle about test security, so listen to that one if you can, although it’s not a prerequisite for …
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This episode covers the issue of test security in neuropsychology. Topics covered include forensic neuropsychology, the potential harm of breaches to test security, how clients or patients may invalidate cognitive test scores, the role of attorney coaching, ways in which test security can be breached (and methods to prevent breaches), teleneuropsyc…
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Today we give you our first pediatric fact finding case, with Dr. Danielle Ransom playing the role of examiner and Dr. Lauren Irwin Harper playing the role of examinee. Danielle is an Assistant Professor at John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine; she is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and the pediatric subspecialty. Lauren is a Ne…
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This episode is a conversation with Dr. Catherine Price about perioperative cognitive decline (including delirium), particularly in older adults. Various topics are covered, including the frequency of cognitive problems post-surgery, predisposing and precipitating factors for post-surgical cognitive impairments, surgery as a biological stress test …
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Today we give you another conversation with Dr. Noah Silverberg. This brief episode is on terminology related to the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury and concussion, based on guidance from the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/147 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here a…
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This episode is a conversation with Dr. Noah Silverberg about persisting symptoms following concussion. The discussion covers prevalence of persistent postconcussive symptoms, risk factors for persisting symptoms, the importance of mental health symptoms and psychological constructs, the relationship between TBI and functional cognitive disorder, a…
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Today, we give you a neuropsych bite on functional seizures and cognition, which just so happens to be one of Ryan’s primary research interests. Before listening to this one, we recommend that you check out a few prior episodes that provide important background information: number 108 on functional neurological disorders with Mark Hallett, number 1…
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In this episode, we discuss various aspects of financial decision making in older adults with Dr. Duke Han. Topics covered include age associated financial vulnerability, risk factors for financial exploitation, specific types of financial exploitation, relationships between cognitive abilities and financial decision making, relevant neuropsycholog…
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Today’s discussion is about neuropsychologists in inpatient rehabilitation settings with Dr. Kirk Stucky, who is double boarded in both clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/143 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get APA-approved CE credits…
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In this episode, we discuss various aspects of delirium with Dr. Kirk Stucky. Topics covered include definitions and terminology, prevalence, risk factors, functional reserve, hypoactive and hyperactive presentations, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis with dementia, mental health symptoms, cognitive assessment, and prevention/intervention. Sh…
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Today’s episode is a clinical case with Dr. Caroline Fisher about a Veteran in his 70s with alcohol use disorder. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/141 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get APA-approved CE credits for listening to select episodes: www.NavNeuro.com/INS 2) Tell your friends a…
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This episode is a discussion with Dr. Jennifer Koop about pediatric neuropsychology. Topics covered include a brief history of the subspecialty of pediatric neuropsychology, the importance of involving neuropsychologists in the care of children, common practice settings for these neuropsychologists, contributions from developmental neuroscience and…
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Today we give you our 19th clinical case and first sport concussion specific case. Nyaz is a neuropsychologist and Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. This will be our third conversation with her. We previously discussed chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in episode 126, and the 2022 Concussion in Sport Group meeting in ep…
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This episode is a discussion with Dr. Adele Diamond about executive functions (EFs), with a focus on children and the developing brain. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including models of EFs, three core EFs (inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility), the differential development of EF components during childhoo…
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Today we give you our third pediatric clinical case with Dr. Sakina Butt. Sakina is a neuropsychologist and the neuropsych postdoctoral fellowship training director at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital; she is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and in the pediatric subspecialty. For this case, Sakina talks about a toddler with neonatal…
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This episode is a conversation with Dr. Urvashi Shah about neuropsychology in India. The discussion covers the Indian healthcare system, cultural and religious beliefs/values that impact healthcare, the history of neuropsychology, training in neuropsychology, clinical work and research, cognitive rehabilitation, challenges of neuropsychology in Ind…
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Today we give you a discussion with Dr. Kevin Duff about neuropsychologists’ role with respect to lecanemab and other antiamyloid therapies. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/135 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get APA-approved CE credits for listening to select episodes: www.NavNeuro.com…
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In this episode, we discuss the neuropsychology of stroke with Dr. Ronald Lazar. Specific topics covered include definitions of cerebrovascular terminology, stroke epidemiology, neurovascular anatomy, neuroimaging techniques, risk factors, health disparities, prognosis, mental health factors, and both acute and long-term treatment strategies. Show …
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Today we give you our conversation focused specifically on clinical topics in reliable change, with Dr. Kevin Duff. This discussion dovetails nicely with our most recent episode that provided a broad overview of reliable change. The prior episode touched on several clinical and forensic topics, and this one expands on those areas. Show notes are av…
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In this episode, we discuss reliable change with Dr. Kevin Duff. Specific topics covered include the purpose of serial assessment, classical test theory, test retest reliability, an introduction to practice effects, factors that increase or decrease practice effects, the reliable change index, standardized regression-based equations, and clinical f…
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Today we give you our conversation about consciousness in epilepsy with Dr. Hal Blumenfeld, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Neurosurgery at Yale University. In addition to being a well-regarded teacher of neuroanatomy, Hal is also a researcher, with his primary focus being in patients with epilepsy. We think that this episode dovetails ni…
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In this episode, we discuss big picture conceptual issues related to functional neuroanatomy, with Dr. Hal Blumenfeld. Specific topics covered include the purpose of the neurological exam, the brain as a distributed network, Korbinian Brodmann’s areas, the hierarchical and topographic organization of the brain, horizontal cell layers of the cortex,…
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Today we give you our second pediatric clinical case with Dr. Sakina Butt. This time she talks about hypoxic-ischemic injury and low Apgar scores in infants and young children, or “littles” as she endearingly refers to them. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/129 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here are a few easy way…
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This episode is a conversation about functional cognitive disorder (FCD) with Dr. Laura McWhirter. The discussion covers preliminary diagnostic criteria, internal inconsistency, epidemiology, clinical features, differential diagnosis with neurodegenerative diseases, common diagnostic pitfalls, etiology/mechanism, metacognition, subjective cognitive…
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In this conversation with Dr. Nyaz Didehbani, we touch on the most recent Concussion in Sport Group meeting, which took place in Amsterdam in October 2022, with the corresponding consensus statement being recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/127 _________________ If you’d like to…
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In this episode, we discuss the long-term cognitive and mental health effects of sport related concussion, which includes an in depth conversation about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), with Dr. Nyaz Didehbani. Specific topics covered include methodological limitations of the literature on long-term effects of concussion, risk of neurodegene…
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Today we give you our third fact finding case, where John plays the role of examiner and Ryan plays the role of examinee. All of these fact finds that we released were “real,” meaning that Ryan had no inside information about the case in advance and we ran through the case as a true training exercise, as part of his practice for the ABPP Oral Exam.…
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This episode is a conversation with Dr. Antonio Verdejo-Garcia about the neuropsychology of addiction. We cover addiction epidemiology, the syndrome model, neurobiology, transdiagnostic constructs such as compulsivity, behavioral addictions, cognitive profiles linked to substances of abuse, and behavioral, pharmacological, and cognitive treatments …
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This is an episode we recorded live at the INS North American meeting in February 2023 in San Diego, California. For this one, Ryan and I are the interviewees rather than the interviewers. We answer questions from Dr. Ingram Wright, who is the creator and co-host of the Neuro Clinic Podcast, with Dr. Clina Carroll. Show notes are available at www.N…
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This episode is a wide ranging discussion of Parkinson’s disease, with Sara Schaefer, MD, MHS. The conversation begins with basic facts, features, and concepts, and then moves into more complex topics, while covering many critical factors for neuropsychologists to consider. It includes a focus on diagnosis/symptoms, epidemiology, core neuropatholog…
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Today we give you a conversation with Dr. Vonetta Dotson about her work as a researcher for NASA and the effects of microgravity, radiation, etc. on astronauts. Previous episodes with Vonetta included a discussion of brain health (episode 116) and her company CerebroFit (episode 117). Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/121 _______________…
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This episode is a conversation with Dr. Krista Lanctôt about neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in older adults with neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on apathy and agitation. The discussion covers definitions, diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, methods of assessment, relation to degenerative neuropathology, and various treatment approaches. Sh…
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Today we give you a pediatric clinical case centered around a four year old girl. It is presented by Dr. Sakina Butt, a neuropsychologist and training director at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and in the pediatric subspecialty. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/119 _____________…
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This episode is a conversation with Dr. Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe about ecological validity, with a focus on methods for capitalizing on digital technologies to maximize ecological validity in neuropsychology. We cover definitions, methods for assessing ecological validity, naturalistic assessment, smart homes, sensors, privacy and security, and …
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This is a conversation with Dr. Vonetta Dotson on her company, CerebroFit Integrated Brain Health, where we focus on business aspects of neuropsychology. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/117 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get APA-approved CE credits for listening to select episodes: www…
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This episode is a broad overview of brain health in adults. We discuss methods for encouraging positive brain health behavior change in our patients, how to help patients who have little to no motivation for change (“precontemplation” stage), the importance of tailoring feedback to a patient’s level of health literacy, research support for various …
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Today we give you an ethics vignette where John plays the role of examiner and Ryan plays the role of examinee. Similar to the fact-finding episodes, this is a recording of their real practice session for Ryan’s ABPP Oral Exam, since talking through an ethics vignette is one aspect of the exam. John reads the vignette during the episode, but you ca…
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In this episode, we discuss the cognitive and psychological effects of loneliness with Ellen Lee, MD. We cover definitions, epidemiology, various assessment methods (including digital technology), relationships with age, sex/gender, race/ethnicity, and culture, overall physical, cognitive, and mental health effects, and interventions to reduce lone…
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Today we bring you our second clinical fact-find episode, where John plays the role of examiner and Ryan plays the role of examinee. We simulate the exam process and then debrief about it and provide tips afterward. If you’d like to either follow along as Ryan gathers relevant information, or use this case for your own fact find with a colleague, w…
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We speak with Dr. W. Curt LaFrance Jr. about functional (nonepileptic) seizures. We cover epidemiology, overlap and differences with regard to epilepsy, negative health outcomes, co-occurring psychological and neurological factors, an etiological framework, cognitive profiles, and treatment. We also discuss general overlap across neurology and psyc…
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Today we speak with Dr. Wendy Kelso about a clinical case – this is a woman with posterior cortical atrophy, or PCA. Wendy is a senior clinical neuropsychologist and coordinator of neuropsychology services at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Victoria, Australia. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/111 _________________ If you’d like to supp…
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In this episode, we discuss aging and brain health with Dr. Rhoda Au. Specifically, we cover the Framingham Heart Study and cardiovascular risk factors, the Boston Process Approach, Alzheimer’s disease, and digital biomarkers. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/110 _________________ If you’d like to support the show, here are a few easy w…
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Today we bring you our first clinical fact-find episode, where John plays the role of examiner and Ryan plays the role of examinee. We simulate the exam process and then debrief about it and provide tips afterward. If you’d like to either follow along as Ryan gathers relevant information, or use this case for your own fact find with a colleague, we…
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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Mark Hallett about functional neurological disorders (FNDs). We cover the history, epidemiology, symptomatology, and pathophysiology of FNDs. We touch on the issue of “lumping versus splitting,” controversies in the literature, the need for better training on FNDs in medicine and psychology, and currently availabl…
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Today’s episode is a clinical case with Dr. Wendy Kelso about a man with Huntington’s disease (HD). In addition to the case presentation, we discuss HD in general, including the pathophysiology, implications of genetic testing, symptomatology, course of the disease, and intervention. Show notes are available at www.NavNeuro.com/107 ________________…
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We speak with Dr. Michael McCrea about sport related concussion. We focus on definition, pathophysiology, recognition/diagnosis, biomarkers, (re)evaluation, recovery, rehabilitation, and return to sport following sport concussion. We also touch upon long-term effects of repeated sport concussion on long-term cognition and mental health. Show notes …
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