Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist
Dr. Margaret A. Cato Jackson is a Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist in Jacksonville, FL
with special training and skill in diagnosing and treating mental disorders that affect young patients.
As a Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist, Margaret A. Cato Jackson, PhD performs
psychological assessment, therapy, and research regarding abnormal childhood mental health. Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology is
medical specialty focused on diagnosing, treating, and researching childhood mental disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologists include autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit disorder (ADD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, eating disorders, and learning disabilities.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologists
include mental health assessment, parent and child education, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), play therapy, psychotherapy, and referral to other medical specialists as needed.
A psychologist who develops and applies scientific knowledge to the delivery of psychological services to infants, toddlers, children and adolescents within their social context. Of particular importance to the specialty of clinical child psychology is an understanding of the basic psychological needs of children and adolescents, and how the family and other social contexts influence the socio-emotional adjustment, cognitive development, behavioral adaptation and health status of children and adolescents.
Clinical Child Adolescent Psychologists in Jacksonville, FL
Neuropsychologist
Dr. Margaret A. Cato Jackson is a Neuropsychologist in Jacksonville, FL
with special training and skill in evaluating and treating nervous system disorders, then determining how illnesses, injuries, and diseases of the brain and nervous system influence the way a patient feels, thinks, and behaves.
As a Neuropsychologist, Margaret A. Cato Jackson, PhD performs
the evaluation, assessment, and diagnosis of various brain conditions. Neuropsychology is
the study and evaluation of the relationship between the brain and behavior in order to treat dysfunctions in that relationship. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Neuropsychologists include headaches, Parkinson's disease, movement disorders like epilepsy, as well as memory and cognitive disorders.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Neuropsychologists
include bedside cognitive and behavioral neurologic screens; evaluation of intelligence, executive functions (such as planning, abstraction, conceptualization), attention, memory, language, perception, sensorimotor functions, motivation, mood state and emotion, quality of life, and personality styles.
A clinical psychologist who applies principles of assessment and intervention based upon the scientific study of human behavior as it relates to normal and abnormal functioning of the central nervous system. The specialty is dedicated to enhancing the understanding of brain-behavior relationships and the application of such knowledge to human problems.
Neuropsychologists in Jacksonville, FL
