Neuropsychological Services provides comprehensive consultation, evaluation and intervention services via a holistic view of the individual. For the Geriatric patient Neuropsychological Services can provide information of the strengths and weaknesses in a person's cognitive abilities and emotional state. Assessment can determine degrees of dementia and identify potential red flags.

Long-term Care Facilities: 
The Mental Health Challenge

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) November 2001 Report :

• indicates that 15% of psychotropic drug use among nursing home residents
  did not meet criteria for “appropriate”. 
  
  
• reports failure for psychotropic drug use to be “appropriate”
  
  
• Chronic use of psychotropic medications without documented justification
  (ie., diagnosis, symptoms, etc.)
  
  
• Example: Few or non-significant symptoms charted.
  
  
• Failure to document benefits of psychotropic medications including no
  baseline or pre-treatment vs. on-drug data comparisons
  
  
• Example: Administration of drug without reference to targeted symptoms/problems
  and no pre- vs. post-evaluations to assess medication effects
  
  
• Psychotropic drug prescribed did not match with the DSM-IV diagnosis
  
  
• Example: Antipsychotic medication with a depression diagnosis.
  
  
• Use of psychotropic medications without justification
  
  
• Example: Use of anti-depressant without symptoms of depression documented