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The Department of Health Psychology is the sole provider of neuropsychological and rehabilitation psychology services for the entire MU Health Sciences Center and central Missouri. The Department of Health Psychology is also committed to the David Mount, Psy.D.outreach provision of specialized psychology services to underserved rural areas of the state, so as to increase access to these services to persons with cognitive and physical disabilities. The faculty of Department of Health Psychology includes 50% of all board certified rehabilitation psychologists and neuropsychologists in the State of Missouri. Clinical services offered by the Department of Health Psychology include:
Rehabilitation Psychology
Child Neuropsychology Clinic
Adult Neuropsychological Laboratories
Outreach Services
Rehabilitation Psychology: Inpatient and outpatient psychological services for individuals who have experienced potentially disabling injuries and illnesses are provided at Rusk Rehabilitation Center, a 60 bed, state-of-the-art rehabilitation center.Populations served include individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities, with specialty teams in neurorehabilitation (e.g., traumatic brain injury, stroke, and neurological disorders), orthopedic rehabilitation (e.g., spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal disorders, orthopedic trauma), and geriatric rehabilitation (e.g., debilitation, dementia, stroke). Services are focused on assisting individuals and their families to adjust to disabilities, identifying and accommodating to impairments, and to identifying appropriate community resources.
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Pediatric Neuropsychology Clinic:
Neuropsychological and psychological services for children and adolescents with developmental and neurological disorders affecting cognition, behavior, affect, and social skills. These services are provided to numerous departments within MU Health Sciences Center, including Child Health, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Family Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery. The Child Neuropsychology Clinic also receives referrals from health care providers, educators, public agencies and families throughout central Missouri. Rural outreach services are provided via MU Telehealth.
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Adult Neuropsychological Laboratories: Neuropsychological services provided to adults with all types of central nervous system disease and injury. Services focus on the evaluation and treatment of cognitive, affective, and behavioral impairments associated with brain dysfunction. Missouri Model Spinal Cord Injury System - Physical Therapy Populations served include individuals with traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor, Alzheimers dementia, Parkinsons dementia, multiple sclerosis,epilepsy, lupus, etc. Adult Neuropsychological Laboratories provides consultative services to numerous MU Health Sciences Center departments including Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry. Provision of services also extends to multiple district offices of the Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, including Columbia, Jefferson City, Rolla, Kirksville, Hannibal, Sedalia, and Chillicothe.
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Outreach Services: Owing to the reputation of the Department of Health Psychology as a provider of high quality psychological services in rehabilitation and neuropsychology, demand for outreach services to underserved areas of the state has been high. Faculty provide neuropsychological and rehabilitation outreach to the inpatient services of three St. Louis area Tenet community hospitals, as well as outpatient neuropsychological evaluation services (including services to the St. Louis district offices of the Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation) . Outreach services are also provided in the Missouri city of Mount Vernon, with the provision of rehabilitation and neuropsychological services to patients of the Missouri Rehabilitation Center and to the southwest region district offices of the Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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