Utilizing neuropsychological measures to predict vocational outcome in a head trauma population

Comparison Between a “Traditional” Memory Test and a “Behavioral” Memory Battery in Spanish Patients

“…First, instruments such as the RBMT and the CEMB have been used in differential diagnosis, indicating an ability to discriminate that is as good as that of the traditional tests (Beardsall & Huppert, 1991;Ivnik et al, 1993). Second, more traditional tests have been used to predict the success of the patient's return to his community (Heaton, Chelune, & Lehman, 1978;Millis, Rosenthal, & Lourie, 1994;Ryan, Sautter, Capps, Meneese, & Barth, 1992); thus, it is possible and, sometimes suggested, that tests be combined during the evaluation, depending on the interests of the evaluator (Wilson, 1993). Nevertheless, these new instruments must be shown to be better or similar in evaluating EM than traditional instruments (Kane, 1991).…”