Neuropsychological Assessment.

 

Procedures & Tests (selected):

 

-Clinical Interview

-Record Review/History: (i.e. medical, psychosocial, academic, work).

Tests:

 

Mini Mental Status Examination

Clock Drawing Test (Wechsler Memory Scale IV)

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 4^th Edition^GR (WAIS-IV^GR)

Verbal & Category Fluency Tests

Trail Making Test

Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised

Greek Verbal Learning Test

Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test

Boston Naming Test

Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised

Babcock Story Recall Test (BSRT)

Albert’s Test

Line Bisection Test

Apraxia & Aphasia Examination

Right Left Orientation

The Greek Accentuation Test

Judgment of Line Orientation-RBANS

Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Geriatric Depression Scale

Jung Depression Scale

MMPI-II

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)

Frontal Behavioral Inventory (FBI)

Test for Malingering

Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline (IQCODE Short)

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

 

-Neuropsychological Report

• -Insurance number

  -Vision glasses

  -Hearing Aides

  -Current and past Medication

  -Previous Medical examinations

  -A caregiver/ member of the family for receiving History

Τhe yield of CSF biomarkers in clinical practice

Testament capacity in different types and stages of dementia syndromes

Invited Lecture A.Liozidou

• The Neuropsychological Evaluation in the Clinical Setting. 6th Panhellenic Multidisciplinary Medical Conference, 14-17 June 2019, Elite, Kalamata, Greece.

Invited Lecture

• Cognitive, emotional and behavioral well-being of Multiple Sclerosis patients: The importance of Neuropsychological Assessment. Day Conference on the invisible symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. The Panthessalic Association of people with Multiple Sclerosis. 11 May 2019, Hotel Xenia, Volos, Greece.

Invited Lecture

• Common medical questions and dilemmas in Dementia: How necessary is the Neuropsychological Assessment. Neurology Days 2019, 1-3 March, Larissa Imperial, Larissa, Greece.

Poster Presentation

• Korsakoff like Syndrome in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis.

Pasioti, A., Karamplianis, A., Liozidou, A., Sakalidou, I.,Kaminioti, A., Papadimitriou, D. 

Institute of Prevention, Education and Research of Neurological Diseases,Topics in Clinical Neurology, 21-23 September 2019, Amalia Hotel, Nafplion, Greece.

Invited Lecture

• Athanasia Liozidou. The Contribution of Neuropsychological Assessment to Psychiatry, to Neurology and to Research. 5th Panhellenic Multidisciplinary Medical Conference, 21-24 June 2018, Elite, Kalamata.

Invited Lecture (Scientific Event)

• Athanasia Liozidou. Neuropsychological Assessment in Dementias. Scientific Event Organized by the Scientific Council of Henry Dunant Hospital Center, June 7 2018.

Poster Presentation

• Liozidou, A.Karamplianis, A.Kaminioti, I.Sakalidou, E.Poulimenou, A.Papadimitriou, D.Papadimitriou. Korsakoff Syndrome in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis. 1^st Panhellenic Conference on Neuropsychology, April 27-29,

2018.

Honours-Awards

Best poster presentation in the 1^st Panhellenic Conference on Neuropsychology, April 27-29, 2018. A.Liozidou, A.Karamplianis, A.Kaminioti,  I.Sakalidou, E.Poulimenou, A.Papadimitriou, D.Papadimitriou. Korsakoff Syndrome in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis.

• Liozidou, A., Potagas, C., Papageorgiou, S. G., & Zalonis, I. (2012). The role of working memory and information processing speed on Wisconsin card sorting test performance in Parkinson disease without dementia. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 25(4), 215-221. PMID: 23220907 DOI: 10.1177/0891988712466456

 

• Kroupi C., Zourna C., Liozidou A., Babili I., Sirigonaki K., Makropoulou A., Etairidou G., Pavlou I, Anifantaki T., Fioranti E., Andreakos N., Zalonis I. The Tower of London: Greek normative data for use with urban population and analysis of the influence of demographic variables. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health. Volume 1, 2018, Supplement 3. DOI: 10.26386/obrela.v1is3.73

 

• Liozidou A., Sirigonaki, Babili I., Zourna C., Kroupi C., Etairidou G., Pavlou G., Anifantaki T., Makropoulou A., Fioranti E., Andreakos N., Zalonis I. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance in a healthy Greek sample: Relationshiip to age, sex and education. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health. Volume 1, 2018, Supplement 3.DOI: 10.26386/obrela.v1is3.83

 

• Liozidou A., Fragkoulakis M., Zalonis I. Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised: Preliminary Greek normative data for research use. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health. Volume 1, 2018, Supplement 1. DOI 10.26386/obrela.v110.32.

 

• Current and Future Treatments in Alzheimer Disease: An Update. Yiannopoulou KG, Papageorgiou SG. J Cent Nerv Syst Dis. 2020 Feb 29;12:1179573520907397. doi: 10.1177/1179573520907397. eCollection 2020. Review. PMID:32165850 Free PMC Article

 

• Reasons for Failed Trials of Disease-Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer Disease and Their Contribution in Recent Research. Yiannopoulou KG, Anastasiou AI, Zachariou V, Pelidou SH. Biomedicines. 2019 Dec 9;7(4). pii: E97. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines7040097. Review. PMID:31835422 Free PMC Article

 

• Donepezil Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease in Chronic Dialysis Patients. Yiannopoulou KG, Anastasiou AI, Kyrozis A, Anastasiou IP. Case Rep Nephrol Dial. 2019 Sep 5;9(3):126-136. doi: 10.1159/000502682. eCollection 2019 Sep-Dec. PMID:31616673 Free PMC Article

 

• Defining Neuropsychiatric Inventory scale differences across frontotemporal dementia syndromes. Yiannopoulou KG, Papatriantafyllou JD, Ghika A, Tsinia N, Lykou E, Hatziantoniou E, Agiomyrgiannakis D, Kyrozis A, Papageorgiou SG. Psychogeriatrics. 2019 Jan;19(1):32-37. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12358. Epub 2018 Aug 2. PMID:30073726

• Annual Scientific Contribution of the Memory Clinic to the Scientific Program of the Henry Dunant Hospital Center. 

• Healthy Population (adolescents, adults, elderly)

• Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment

• Clinical Population from a broad range of clinical entities, such as:

  -Mild and Major Neurocognitive Disorder (i.e. due to Alzheimer Disease)

  -Stroke

  -Traumatic Brain Injury

  -Brain Concussion

  -Multiple Sclerosis

  -Parkinson’s Disease

  -Epilepsy

  -Brain Tumors

  -Corticobasal Degeneration

  -Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease

  -Sleep Disorders

  -Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  -Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  -Chronic Kidney Failure

  -Hepatic Encephalopathy

  -Lateral Myatrophic Sclerosis

  -Systematic Erythematous Lupus

  -Heart Diseases

  -Hypertension

  -Diabetes

  -Migraine

  -Toxic and Infectious Diseases

  -Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders

  -Schizophrenia

  -Depression

  -Anxiety Disorders and Other Psychiatric Disorders

  -Developmental Disorders

  -Learning Difficulties

• Neurological Examination
• Neuropsychological Assessment
• Laboratory Examinations-Imaging Examinations
• Diagnosis/Differential Diagnosis
• Prevention Examinations
• Therapeutic Interventions (pharmaceutical and non pharmaceutical)
• Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
• Cognitive Enhancement
• Speech Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Psychotherapy
• Consultation for the patients, the caregivers and the family
• Psychoeducation for the patients, the caregivers and the family
• Collaboration with Social Services

 

• Collaboration with the Neuropsychological Laboratory, 1^st  Neurology Department, 1st Neurology Department, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• Collaboration with the Special Clinic for Cognitive Disorders, 1st Neurology Department, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• Collaboration with the Memory Clinic, Day Center, Maroussi, NGO Alzheimer’s Society, Athens.
• Collaboration with the Neurogenetic Unit, 1st Neurology Department, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• Collaboration with the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.