NEUROPSYCHOLOGY is the study of brain dysfunction and its impact on cognition and behavior. Neuropsychologists work with patients presenting with a wide range of neurological and/or psychiatric difficulties as a result of congenital, developmental, acquired, or degenerative brain disease.
A NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialized post-doctoral training in brain-behavior relationships. Neuropsychologists are educated in brain anatomy, brain function, and brain injury or disease. As a part of the required education, neuropsychologists also have years of practical experience, many times in hospital or rehab settings, working with people who have had problems involving the brain. To read more about the definition of a neuropsychologist, click here: http://www.nanonline.org/NAN/Files/PAIC/PDFs/NANPositionDefNeuro.pdf
BOARD CERTIFICATION represents acknowledgment by one's professional peers that one is competent to practice in a designated specialty following thorough examination of one's knowledge and abilities. In medicine, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is the umbrella body for 18 medical speciality boards, including the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In psychology, ABPP is the umbrella board for 13 specialty boards, including ABCN. To read more about board certification in psychology, including neuropsychology, click here:
http://www.abpp.org/abpp_public_about.htm or http://www.theabcn.org/
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