Just bring yourself and any necessary assistive devices, such as eyeglasses or a hearing aid.
If you are registering for a child or a patient who cannot provide their own history, kindly ensure you are available during the intake and initial testing appointment.
The NeuroCognitive Institute (NCBI) is staffed by some of New Jersey’s most knowledgeable clinical neuropsychologists, behavioral neurologists, clinical psychologists in pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatrics, cognitive therapists and we have on-site consulting physicians in internal medicine/gerontology.
To learn more about our faculty, please read their profiles on this page https://neuroci.com/bios-directory/
Our regular clinic hours are 8AM – 8 PM Monday through Friday and 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays.
No. Bipolar spectrum disorders are still diagnosed by history and psychiatric assessment but neuropsychiatric differential diagnostic tools such as the SCID and other psychological tests can substantially improve the accuracy of diagnosing this disorder or ruling it out.
Yes. Brain mapping using techniques such as fMRI and electrical neuroimaging can identify treatment targets, i.e. where to treat in the brain. This procedure is also used to identify other areas in the brain that can be targeted to boost compensatory activity. For example, in a patient with Aphasia, brainmapping shows areas in and around the stroke that is still functional but weak in need of a neurophysiological boost. Brain mapping can also show other areas in the brain that may be inhibiting recovery of the damaged area to target to reduce inhibitory control in that area.
The average treatment efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation across patients with acquired and traumatic brain injury is about 1/3 of a standard deviation.
This means if a patient’s overall cognitive abilities fall in the mild impairment range, cognitive rehabilitation may be able to lessen that level of impairment to the very mild to mild impairment range above and beyond natural recovery.
Yes. Neuropsychological testing has been standardized for online administration. At NCBI, online neuropsychological testing is now part of our NeuroStation diagnostic platform.
When you register for online neuropsychological testing, materials will be mailed to you that you will need for your online assessment.
The testing is conducted by a clinical psychologist or neuropsychometrist via interactive video between the patient and the examiner.
No. Non-invasive neuromodulation is equally effective and can be easily personalized to treat some components of verbal learning disorders.
For patients who have episodic major depressive disorders, particularly the melancholic subtype, both treatments are equally effective.
However, for this class of depressive patients who do not respond to anti-depressant medication with or without psychotherapy, adding TMS is often helpful in resolving the depressive episode.
Generally, this can be completed in 3 testing sessions, each lasting about 2.5 hours or the testing sessions can be broken down into briefer 1 to 1 and ½ hour appointments. This testing can be conducted in-clinic or online via our telehealth services.
A comprehensive assessment which generally includes an intake, initial exam, cognitive, behavioral, and psychological testing, takes about 7 hours. This is usually broken down into 3-4 appointments either online, in-clinic or some combination. Specialty exams, such as an evaluation for Autism require additional appointments.
No, an assessment is always required before any treatment is prescribed.
Yes, we recommend coming in with your child to help them get comfortable but only the technician and the child should be in the room to start the testing. The reason for this is that the testing procedures are standardized on just the examiner and the patient, including others in the room during the testing can invalidate the results.
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease can not only be done in the living patient but can be completed several years prior the dementia stage when the disease is more treatable via:
– History
– Neuropsychological Testing with vMRI of the brain, and
– Amyloid and Tau PET imaging
No, at NCBI we use a team approach and you will likely have multiple clinicians and technicians administer the various procedures for your evaluation.
These are similar terms indicating that the research is being conducted with patients presenting with various disorders. All clinical research follows a pre-defined plan or protocol approved by an independent research committee (e.g. IRB) that oversee the study and ensures that the study has been designed to be as safe as possible for the participants.
At NCBI, all of our patients are aware of and have access to clinical trials as a possible treatment option for their central nervous system related condition. We have a newly renovated clinical research unit at NCBI. Here, we study promising new diagnostic and treatment options with our patients and their family members. Our clinical research unit (CRU) offers all the latest safety equipment and access to innovative treatments. In addition to our clinical neuroscientists, the CRU is supervised by doctors and nurses trained in critical care and internal medicine. Our clinical research unit is an integral part of the comprehensive clinical services we offer to our patients with cognitive, neurobehavioral and neuropsychiatric disorders.
If you or a family member would like to volunteer for any of our ongoing clinical trials, please call one of our clinical research staff members at (973) 601 0100 Option 6 or email our research department at research@neuroci.com. You may also complete the form on the clinical trial you would like to volunteer for and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Cancelled appointments within 1 day of your scheduled appointment will result in charges unless you reschedule your appointment within that same Monday-Saturday week.
A $75 charge is billed for cancelled treatment sessions and a $150 charge will be billed to you for payment for cancelled diagnostic evaluation sessions.
We are among the country’s leading experts in the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders.
