Karen Brewer Mixon

Associate Professor
Rehabilitation Counseling, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitatio
UT Southwestern Medical Center
United States of America

Biography

Dr. Brewer-Mixon is a clinical neuropsychologist with clinical, teaching, supervisory, and administrative duties in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling. Clinical responsibilities include psychotherapy interventions with persons who suffer from neurological and psychiatric disorders, neuropsychological and psychological evaluations, supervision of graduate students and psychiatric residents, and teaching. Dr. Brewer-Mixon also currently serves on various administrative faculty committees within the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, the Southwestern School of Health Professions, and the Division of Psychology.

Research Intrest

Caregiving of persons with chronic neurological disorders Evaluation of and intervention with acquired brain injury survivors Interventions for anxiety in graduate students Neuropsychology of psychiatric disorders

List of Publications
Anesthesia as a Possible Risk Factor for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly Brewer, K.K., Haq, A., Cullum, C.M., & Rosenberg, R.N. Facts and Research in Gerontology 1996
Brief Recall Tasks and Memory Assessment in Alzheimer’s Disease Kaltreider, L.B., Cullum, C.M., Lacritz, L.H., Brewer, K.K., & Filley, C.M. Applied Neuropsychology 1999 6 165-169
Level of Performance Accuracy for Core Halstead-Reitan Measures by Pooling Normal Controls from Published Studies: Comparison with Existing Norms in a Clinical Sample Greer, S.E., Cannici, J. P., Brewer, K.K., & Pennett, D.L. Perceptual & Motor Skills 2010 111 (1) 3-18