Posts in Mental Health & Therapy

A patient copies the Rey-Osterrieth figure and the drawing comes back crowded in...

A patient tells you their hand feels clumsy. Grip strength looks fine, the arm m...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects around 1.3 million adults in the United States...

The pinch grip test targets the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN), a motor branc...

A parent asks why their four-year-old points at everything and names almost noth...

The Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) is a criterion-referenced developmental...

Around 2.7% of U.S. adults live with panic disorder in any given year, according...

Two clinicians test the same fingertip an hour apart and record thresholds 4 mm ...

What is a mental status examination? A mental status examination (MSE) is the ps...

Ask a patient to reach for something on a high shelf and you learn more about th...

Psychiatric assessment rests on the conversation itself more than on any technol...

The alternate hand wall toss test measures hand-eye coordination. A participant ...