Credit: Cedars-Sinai
Brain injuries and psychological disorders are the same whether a patient speaks Spanish, English or Korean. Degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s have similar effects without regard to socioeconomic status or place of birth. But tools and tests haven’t always translated well from patient to patient or situation to situation. Enrique Lopez, PsyD, is working to change that - collaborating with a group of treatment professionals, educators and other neuropsychologists to “increase available norms” for different cultures and languages, and establishing what is believed to be the most extensive collection of neuropsychological measures in the world.