Article archive / August 1, 2012
Originally published: . Volume 3, No. 12. Source pages: 10.
In a two-hour online presentation hosted by the Louisiana Psychological Association on July 28, 2012, neuropsychologist Dr. John Fanning reviewed the changes in diagnostic framework for cognitive disorders in the DSM-V. He outlined new research about how Alzheimer’s disease progresses and the recent research on efforts to slow the disease.
Dr. John Fanning currently holds Clinical and Clinical Neuropsychology specialties and contributes to the world- class treatment team at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. There he assists patients in brain injury rehabilitation. For the last decade he has helped patients with dementia assessment, neuropsychological testing, and outpatient therapy. He also provides group therapy in the spinal cord injury program at Touro.
Dr. Fanning currently serves as President-Elect for the Louisiana Psychological Association, chair for Continuing Education, and previously as Director. He has served as president of the New Orleans Neuropsychological Society and as a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology since 1989.
Dr. John Fanning at the LPA Fall Conference last year. He recently presented new research about the diagnosis of dementia in an online webinar for the state psychology assn.
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