Status of Cognitive Testing of Adults in India

The assessment of cognitive function is a challenging yet an integral component of psychological, psychiatric, and neurological evaluation. Cognitive assessment tools either can be administered quickly for screening for neurocognitive disorders or can be comprehensive and detailed to identify cognit...

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Autores principales: Porrselvi, A. P., Shankar, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Review: Systematic (Systematic Review of a Subject)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29184333
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_107_17
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spelling pubmed-56827342017-11-28 Status of Cognitive Testing of Adults in India Porrselvi, A. P. Shankar, V. Ann Indian Acad Neurol Review: Systematic (Systematic Review of a Subject) The assessment of cognitive function is a challenging yet an integral component of psychological, psychiatric, and neurological evaluation. Cognitive assessment tools either can be administered quickly for screening for neurocognitive disorders or can be comprehensive and detailed to identify cognitive deficits for the purpose of localization, diagnosis, and rehabilitation. This article is a comprehensive review of published research that discusses the current challenges for cognitive testing in India, available tools used for the assessment of cognitive function in India, and future directions for cognitive testing in India. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5682734/ /pubmed/29184333 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_107_17 Text en Copyright: © 2006 - 2017 Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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