The Institute of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology (Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva- INECO), is a state of the art specialist centre for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cognitive and behavioural disorders.

The goal of the institute is to provide specialist medical investigation of cognitive and behavioural disorders. In order to achieve this goal it supports a wide range of empirical research in human cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychiatry. The institute is formed by medical specialists and researchers publishing important findings on the International stage. The institute also trains and supports the education of professionals dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive and behavioural disorders.

The institute employs specialist neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and speech pathologists, with many years of experience in this field. All of these specialists participate in clinical neuroscience research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cognitive and behavioural disorders.

The institute offers diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of disorders in the following clinics:

Disorders

• Accelerated Memory Diagnosis Program
• ADHD
• Alzheimer's disease
• Anxiety disorders
• Aphasia following Stroke or Traumatic Brain Injury
• Bipolar disorder
• Childhood/Adolescente Schizophrenia
• Corticobasal degeneration
• Depression
• Developmental Disorders
• Disarthria
• Disphagia
• Dyslexia and learning disorders
• Epilepsy: memory and cognition
• Frontal Lobe Disorders: Cognitive and Behavioral Rehabilitation Program
• Huntington's disease
• Insomnia
• Intellectual deficits in adulthood
• Lewy body dementia
• Lumbar pain
• Migraine and headaches
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Oppositional defiant disorder
• Panic disorders
• Parkison's disease
• Pathological mourning
• Phobias
• Posterior Cortical Atrophy
• Postraumatic Stress Disorder
• Primary Progressive Aphasia
• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
• Schizophrenia
• Semantic dementia
• Sleep Apnea
• Social Phobia
• Stroke: Cognitive and Behavioral rehabilitation
• Tics disorders and Tourette's Syndrome
• Traumatic Brain Injury: Cognitive and Behavioral rehabilitation
• Vascular Cognitive Impairment
• Vertigo, sickness/nausea, and imbalance

Specialized Units and Clinics

• Memory Clinic
• Normal Ageing Clinic
• Cognitive and Language Rehabilitation post Brain Injury (TBI and Stroke)
• Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Adults (ADHD) Clinic
• Affective Disorders Clinic
• Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and Anxiety Disorder Clinic
• Schizophrenia and related disorders Clinic
• Frontal Dysfunction Clinic
• General Neurology Clinic
• Parkinson’s disease and Movements Disorders Clinic
• Cognitive Psychotherapy
• Support and Education to Family and Caregivers
• Vocational Orientation Group
• Impulse control Group
• Problem-solving Group
• Occupational Therapy for Persons with Cognitive Impairment Group
• Social skills group

The most important objectives are to support patients, their families, caregivers and the community in the education, information, orientation and access to available services. The ultimate goal is that patients with cognitive and behavioural disorders achieve maximum independence with dignity and self determination.