Navigating Neuropsychology

This podcast interview explores the complex interplay between the brain, mind, and body, emphasizing that physical and mental health are inseparable. The guest and hosts critique the siloed nature of modern healthcare, which often separates neurology from psychiatry and fails to address how social factors influence biological outcomes. They highlight functional neurological disorder (FND) as a pri...

Today we discuss the role of psychology in integrated primary care settings with Dr. Daniel Mullin. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/193 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS  (for step-by-step guidance, go to: www. NavNeuro.com/CEguide ) 2) Subscribe (free) and leave a...

This conversation explores Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people with brain injuries. The discussion covers the philosophical and theoretical grounding of ACT, its six core therapeutic processes, examples of cognitive defusion, metaphors to use with patients, cultural considerations, the transdiagnostic nature of ACT, how to use ACT with patients and their families, and much more. Sho...

Today we give you a role play where Dr. Daniel Mullin takes on the part of a neuropsychologist who is engaging in motivational interviewing with a patient who is considering a behavior change. The patient is played by Ryan and the behavior change is whether or not to use a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP device, as a treatment for sleep apnea. Following the role play is a debriefing w...

This conversation explores Motivational Interviewing (MI), a clinical communication style designed to help patients resolve ambivalence and find internal motivation for healthy behavior changes. The discussion contrasts MI's collaborative guiding style with the counterproductive "fixing reflex," where providers mistakenly try to pressure or dictate solutions to patients. We outline the four core p...

Today, we chat with Dr. Emily Rogalski about the Healthy Aging & Alzheimer's Research Care Center, or HAARC, at the University of Chicago. She also provides a brief update about her SuperAging research. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/189 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro....

This episode is a conversation about primary progressive aphasia (PPA). We discuss the definition of PPA, the three widely used subtypes, common clinical symptoms, neuroanatomy and proteinopathies, epidemiology, overlap/differences between PPA and Alzheimer's disease, neuropsychiatric symptoms in PPA, neuropsychological assessment of PPA patients, and current available treatments. Show notes are a...

Today we give you our discussion with Dr. Yana Suchy about her role as Editor-in-Chief for the journal, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, or TCN. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/187 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2) Tell your friends and colleagues about it 3) S...

Today we give you our discussion with Dr. Yana Suchy about executive functioning and everyday living, centering on her work with the Contextually Valid Executive Assessment (or ConVExA) model. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/186 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS  ...

Today we give you part 3 of our discussion with Dr. Steven Paul Woods about the scientific process in neuropsychology. For this one, we get into a few specifics on high quality scientific writing. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/185 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/IN...

Today we give you part 2 of our discussion with Dr. Steven Paul Woods about the scientific process in neuropsychology. This time around we focus on the all-important peer review process, including big picture structural issues related to how this happens in academic journals, as well as specific advice for how to conduct a high quality peer review for a paper. Show notes are available at www. NavN...

Today we have part 2 of a mini-series that we are calling clinical insights. The first episode was #175, on the clinical interview, while today we get into the testing process. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/183 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2) Tell your fri...

Today we give you our discussion with Dr. Steven Paul Woods where we attempt to demystify the scientific process in neuropsychology, beginning with a focus on how our academic journals work. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/182 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2)...

Today we give you a neuropsych bite with Dr. David Wolk about ADRCs, or Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers, in the U.S. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/181 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2) Tell your friends and colleagues about it 3) Subscribe (free) and le...

This episode is a conversation about the current state of knowledge with respect to the clinical-pathological entity of LATE. Topics covered include the relevant proteinopathy, pathologic overlap with FTLD and hippocampal sclerosis, the LATE clinical syndrome, similarities to and differences from Alzheimer's disease, the utility of clinical diagnostic criteria, neuroimaging markers, fluid biomarke...

Today we give you our conversation with Drs. Jennifer Puig and Lisa Drozdick on the update to the Advanced Clinical Solutions, including the Test of Premorbid Functioning, 2 nd Edition, which are scheduled for release sometime in 2026. We previously spoke with Jenn and Lisa about the WMS-5, with the episode released on November 1 st .  We have no financial or other relationship with Pearson and Th...

Today we give you our conversation with Drs. Jennifer Puig and Lisa Drozdick on the Wechsler Memory Scale, 5 th Edition, or WMS-5. Jenn is a Research Director at Pearson, and Lisa is a Principle Research Director at Pearson. Together, they co-authored the Administration and Scoring Manual and the Technical and Interpretive Manual for the WMS-5. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/178 ___...

Today's episode focuses on assessing and understanding the relationship between subjective and objective cognitive functioning, based on our recent umbrella review and meta-analysis. Show notes are available at  www. NavNeuro.com/177 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2) Tell y...

Today, we give you our discussion with Drs. Kathleen Fuchs and Tony Stringer about the Minnesota Guidelines. Kathleen and Tony have served as co-chairs of the Minnesota Update Conference Steering Committee and have been intimately involved in the process that has led to the publication of the updated training guidelines for neuropsychology.  On July 1 st , 2022, we released a conversation with Dr....

Today we're bringing you a new type of episode on the process of clinical neuropsychological evaluations. This will be part 1 of a mini-series, called clinical insights. Here, we will be taking a deep dive into decisions and approaches that inform how we conduct patient care with respect to neuropsych assessment. Today's specific topic is the clinical interview. Show notes are available at www. Na...

Today we give you our conversation with Dr. Doug Bodin on clinical supervision in neuropsychology. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/174 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2) Tell your friends and colleagues about it 3) Subscribe (free) and leave an Apple Podcasts r...

Today we give you the second portion of our discussion with Dr. Dean Delis about the development of the D-KEFS Advanced test battery. The first part of the conversation was released on August 1 st . Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/173 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/...

Today we give you our conversation with Dr. Dean Delis about the recently released D-KEFS Advanced test battery. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/172 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2) Tell your friends and colleagues about it 3) Subscribe (free) and leave an Ap...

Today we give you a neuropsych bite with Dr. Mark Barisa on sports neuropsychology broadly, with more of a focus on how to become involved in this niche within our field. Show notes are available at www. NavNeuro.com/171 _________________ If you'd like to support the show, here are a few easy ways: 1) Get CE credits for listening to select episodes:   www. NavNeuro.com/INS   2) Tell your friends a...

Today we give you our conversation with Dr. Mark Barisa on the business of neuropsychology. There are so many important topics related to business that are not well covered in our training. For example, we frequently hear from trainees and neuropsychologists about how they wish they knew more about billing, budgeting, strategic planning, hospital pay structures, and many other related topics, whic...