Clinical applications of neuropsychological assessment

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TABLE 1. Uses of neuropsychological assessment.

Figure 1. Normative data compared with a schizophrenia sample on the RBANS neuropsychological test. RBANS, Repeatable Battery for Assessments of Neuropsychological Status

TABLE II. Neuropsychiatric conditions where cognitive functioning predicts everyday functioning.

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