Caveats in the neuropsychological assessment of African Americans

• Published in: Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 94; no. 7; pp. 591 - 601
• Main Authors: CAMPBELL, Alfonso L, OCAMPO, Carlota, DENNIS, Gary, WEIR, Roger, HASTINGS, Alicia, KASHEMI DESHAWN RORIE, LEWIS, Sonya, COMBS, Shown, FORD-BOOKER, Phyllis, BRISCOE, Juanita, LEWIS-JACK, Ometha, BROWN, Andrew, WOOD, Don
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thorofare, NJ Slack 01.07.2002; National Medical Association
• Subjects: African Americans; Biological and medical sciences; Culture; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Neuropsychological Tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reference Values; Techniques and methods; United States; North America; America; Human; Performance evaluation; Accuracy; Predictive value; Adult; Exploration; Technique; Neuropsychologia; Preliminary test; Comparative study; Bibliographic review; African American

This preliminary investigation examined the predictive accuracy of six neuropsychological tests in a population of non-brain-injured African Americans. False positives were unacceptably high on five of the neuropsychological tests administered. These pilot data raise important questions about the ut...