ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the concept of the neuropsychological diagnosis, which is often the final aim of a neuropsychological assessment (see Timeline, Figure 1.2). A neuropsychological assessment aims to provide a comprehensive description of an examinee's cognitive status and to guide clinical or social interventions, or rehabilitation programs. This goal significantly overturns the initial role of clinical neuropsychology which mostly aimed at inferring the presence of a neurological damage, such as a brain lesion or disease (e.g., in case of epilepsia, see Jones-Gotman, 1991). The chapter also discusses the relationship between neuropsychological and medical diagnoses. It finally offers advice on how to provide appropriate in-person feedback to examinees and their caregivers in settings A and B and how to write a neuropsychological report in all settings.
