“Temos nosso próprio tempo”: um caso de ansiedade e discalculia numa perspectiva neuropsicológica

Abstract

Knowing the neurobiological bases of anxiety disorders and mood and developmental dyscalculia, it is important to analyze a neuropsychological clinical case that discusses these pictures. This paper aims to present a clinical case report of a 26 - year - old patient, who sought help initially because he had several severe symptoms of an anxious condition. In addition, it is possible to evaluate how a neuropsychological intervention is possible about these disorders in a neuropsychology service in the structures of a public university. The patient underwent an evaluation composed of standardized neuropsychological instruments, observation and tasks elaborated ecologically. After this phase an intervention and subsequent reevaluation were made. The patient presented significant improvement of the anxious and depressive symptoms, as well as an improvement in his manner of relating to the discalculic symptoms. It is important to assert the uniqueness of the clinical case, since it is a diagnosis of developmental dyscalculia done in adulthood, which is characterized by anxiety and mood disorders.