Pain in psychiatric disorders
Understanding pain in psychiatric presentations is crucial due to the profound and multifaceted impact pain can have on mental health. Pain, whether acute or chronic, often serves as both a …
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Disorders of intellectual development
Preamble The important words here are ‘intellectual’ and ‘development’. Many ordinary people are aware of a concept of delayed or arrested cognitive development that is referred to as learning disability. …
Mental State Examination – what’s that?
In January 2012, I touched on Mental State Examination (MSE) rather briefly. I pointed out an example of what is a substandard MSE. In this post I go into the …