Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Here's the link to descriptions of the diagnoses associated with the case examples you explored in class.

Clinical Observations Lab

During today's class, you will be exploring the basics of clinical assessment, including the use of clinical observations. After viewing the video and recording your initial impressions on the paper form provided to you, please take a moment to respond to these questions.

MOCA Assessment Featured on Daily Show

If you're a fan of the Daily Show, you may have spotted this reference to a neuropsychological assessment used (apparently) to assess the President. In this course, we'll take a look at what tests like this mean and what they are used for.

Tonight at 11/10c, Trump aces a cognitive exam that asks him to identify pictures of animals and name words that start with the letter “F.” pic.twitter.com/YgCgSqhHl4

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 18, 2018

New Study Resource Added

Today's snow day allowed me to compile flashcard sets and refine them for End-of-Semester Review. Here's one with Specific Disorders and Category names. We'll be using these during review activities.