Navy Doctor Addresses Need for More Neuropsychologists

Neuropsychology is a clinical specialty that helps assess and evaluate treatment for patients with brain injury or disease, and neuropsychologist Navy Cmdr. Carrie Kennedy knows a lot about this subject.

In a recent Navy Medicine blog, Kennedy addresses the need for more neuropsychologists in the military medical community. Citing that blast concussion and combat stress issues have been a major clinical focus of the Afghanistan war for neuropsychologists, she states, as the war winds down, there is a greater demand for neuropsychologists to meet the needs of veterans now and for years to come.

Read more in Cmdr. Carrie Kennedy's blog about neuropsychology at Navy Medicine Live.

Learn more about brain injury on health.mil.