Black?, as in the Strub-Black Mental Status Exam
Posted By: kj on 2006-08-18
In Reply to: short s/l blust exam.....psychiatry... - CM
Subject: Black?, as in the Strub-Black Mental Status Exam
This URL states the Strub-Black exam adds to 10 points but is based on questions about proverbs, and, of course, black doesn't sound like "blust."
URL: http://www.emory.edu/AAPL/newsletter/N271_proverbs.pdf
The html site of the above url is: http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:HXrwAcJRu_8J:www.emory.edu/AAPL/newsletter/N271_proverbs.pdf+black+mental+status+exam&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=13
kj
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