The following describes the medical psychology services at Hurley with particular emphasis on the field of pediatric neuropsychology. For specific information regarding your child’s health and treatment options, please contact your Hurley physician or medical professional.

Neuropsychology is the study of brain behavior relationships and includes the assessment and treatment of individuals with neurologic conditions.

The Area’s Leader in Medical Psychology

Hurley Medical Center is the only hospital in the county with an independent Department of Psychology and a dedicated team of psychologists who see patients in the hospital on a daily basis.

The medical psychology team at Hurley offers a wide range of services to patients and families who are dealing with chronic medical illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, childhood disorders, neurologic conditions, and traumatic injuries such as burn injury, brain injury, amputation, and spinal cord injury.

Hurley Medical Center has maintained a fellowship program in Medical Psychology since 1993.  Hurley is a member of the Consortium for Advanced Psychology Training (CAPT), and was the first program in the country to receive specialty accreditation in Clinical Health Psychology through the American Psychological Association. 

Unequaled Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology Resources

In addition to pediatric psychologists and health psychologists, Hurley Medical Center has a neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology team that provides comprehensive services for children and adults with various neurologic disorders or injuries, from infants to 100-year-olds.

Directing the team is a neuropsychologist who is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in clinical neuropsychology (ABCN) and rehabilitation psychology (ABRP). In fact, Hurley is the only hospital in northwest Michigan with a neuropsychologist with these qualifications.

A pediatric neuropsychologist completes the neuropsychology team. As members of Michigan State University’s teaching faculty, these two Hurley specialists (along with two postdoctoral fellows) supervise and precept medical students from the Michigan State College of Human Medicine and residents within the Hurley Medical Center system.

A Comprehensive Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation

Hurley’s Neuropsychology Services are fully integrated into Hurley’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Team  and Trauma Team. Rather than seeing one specialist, patients see an entire team, including a physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, physiatrist (specializes in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and pain medicine), pediatric psychologist, surgeons, neurologists, neurosurgeons, geriatricians, pediatricians, intensivists, and any specialty physicians involved in a patient’s treatment.

Neuropsychology Services also hosts the Brain Injury Association of Michigan Support Group once a month at the Brain Function Assessment Center.

Conditions treated

Hurley Medical Center’s neuropsychologists specialize in treating adults and children who have experienced neurologic diseases or injuries, including but not limited to:

• Alzheimer’s disease and other types of Dementia
• Developmental disorders
• Epilepsy
• Learning and attention disorders
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Spinal cord injury
• Stroke
• Traumatic amputation
• Traumatic brain injury                 

Thorough assessment of your condition

When your child is admitted to Hurley Medical Center with a neurological condition, our neuropsychologists conduct a thorough assessment to determine how the condition might be affecting your child’s thinking, emotional functioning, personality, and/or behavior. Areas assessed include:

• Attention and Concentration
• Emotional adjustment
• Language
• Memory
• Personality or behavioral changes
• Problem-solving skills
• Visuospatial skills

Comprehensive Follow-Up

After your child has been discharged from Hurley Medical Center, our Neuropsychology Services staff follows up with your child as an outpatient at the nearby Brain Function Assessment Center, providing assessment, further treatment, family interventions, and psychotherapy when necessary.

Patient- and Family-Centered Care

Because we recognize that neurologic illness and/or disease affects the entire family, Patient- and Family-Centered Care is a crucial part of Hurley’s inpatient neuropsychology services, with patients and their families typically participating in one or more family conferences during a patient’s treatment. Family support and education is a critical component of comprehensive care for an individual with a serious neurologic injury or illness. Our neuropsychologists often meet with the family separately if a loved one is too ill or injured to participate. 

Hurley Mental Health Associates

Hurley Mental Health Associates is the outpatient mental health clinic of Hurley Medical Center, located in a separate facility from the hospital on South Linden Road. One of the largest outpatient mental health clinics in the state of Michigan, it is staffed by a group of highly skilled psychiatrists,psychologists, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians’ assistants who work as a team to help you understand your emotional and behavioral problems. With over 30 professionals on staff ranging in age and ethnic backgrounds, we offer a breadth of personnel to address the mental health needs of children, teens and adults. 

For more information or to make an appointment with Hurley Mental Health Associates, call (810) 262-2100.

For more information about Hurley Medical Center’s Neuropsychology Services or to make an appointment, contact:

The Brain Function Assessment Center
2700 Robert T. Longway Blvd., Suite 1
Flint, MI 48503
(810) 262-2320