Neuropsychologist
Dr. Shawn S. Nelson Schmitt is a Neuropsychologist in Washington, DC
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, Shawn S. Nelson Schmitt, 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 Washington, DC
