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Neuropsychology and its relevance to clinical psychology in the non-specialist adult mental health setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Muhammad Tahir Khalily
Muhammad Tahir Khalily*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Adult Mental Health Services, Roscommon, Ireland.
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*Correspondence E-mail: khalily64@yahoo.com
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Abstract

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Objectives: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of neuropsychological disorders in a non-specialist clinical psychology service in adult mental health service and also to explore the existence of neuropsychological symptoms in those subjects having psychiatric disorders.

Method: The yearly data of new referrals from the psychology register and record files of the patients was collected for this purpose and subsequently analysed. The two content scales of MMPI-2, ie. HEA2 and HEA3 were administered and scored.

Results: The results indicate that neuropsychological disorders were the second major referral source during this period and a significant difference (p = 0.001) was found between the scores of HEA-2 and HEA-3, which suggest that the subjects reported more neuropsychological symptoms than symptoms of general health concern during their initial routine psychological assessment.

Conclusion: There is consistency in our findings regarding the questions raised in this study which indicates a prevalence of neuropsychological disorders in adult mental health settings. It also indicates a high rate of neurological symptoms in psychiatric patients with psychiatric disorders.

Keywords

NeuropsychologyRelevanceAdult mental health
Type
Brief Report
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , September 2009 , pp. 131 - 133
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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