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1F03 The Role of Neuropsychology in Traumatic Brain Injury: Comprehensive Literature Review ● Summary: TBI is a significant public-health problem rocked by serious behavioral and cognitive changes that alter daily functions and interpersonal dealings. For example, some memory loss, concentration problems, emotional lability, and distortion of functionality at work, relationships, and daily chores can be alleged by an individual. - Neuropsychology's role is very vital in assessing, diagnosing, and treating, as well as rehabilitating patients suffering from TBI. This is often multidisciplinary; therefore, neuropsychology requires at least involvement from a neurologist, psychologist, occupational therapist, speech-language pathologist, and those in related areas of expertise. - The authors review all neuropsychological assessment procedures adopted for the evaluation of TBI patients for cognitive functioning and discuss their validity, reliability, and helpfulness in the identification of their cognitive deficits for individually tailored treatment plans. These include, but are not limited to, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, California Verbal Learning Test, and Trail Making Test. Also, It is stressed that neuropsychological assessment is very important in optimizing the management of TBI, particularly within the acute hospital setting. This very early assessment will point out cognitive deficits which might not turn up otherwise and will be helpful towards appropriate interventions and discharge planning. ● Due to increasing diagnosis and complications of TBI, there is an increasing need for neuropsychology awareness among health professionals. This can be resolved with education sessions, in the form of training workshops for all health professionals or, at a minimum, any one member of the treating team who is updated about assessment and treatment methodologies. ● This interplay among the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral variables of TBI is important to be understood for developing new interventions and treatment strategies. Patients and their families can be helped in a number of ways, for instance, by intervening much more to solve emotional regulation problems and bringing about positive changes in behavior thus greatly improving the quality of life of people who suffer from TBI. - Neuropsychology evolved through advances in clinical neurology, anatomy, and psychology with its emphasis on cognitive rehabilitation by means of environmental factors and neuroimaging results. It contains techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography that help in understanding the functional dynamics of the brain and brain 1F03 injury. - Neuropsychology plays an even more vital role in diagnosing and treating mild TBI, which can cause concussions, leading to post-concussion syndrome when such symptoms last beyond 4 weeks. Treatments may take the form of cognitive-behavioral therapy, medication management, or other lifestyle changes that will set one on the road to recovery. Works Cited Halalmeh, Dia R., Salama, HusamEddin Z., LeUnes, Emma, Feitosa, David, Ansari, Yusuf, Sachwani-Daswani, Gul R., & Moisi, Marc D. World Neurosurgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.12.06