Mental Status, Intellectual, and Mood States Associated with Environmental Illness Patients
Description:
The purpose of the present study was to begin development of a psychological profile for environmentally ill patients. Existing psychiatric labels are unable to encompass these patients. Test scores were drawn from a pool of 89 patients whose environmental exposures were verified by the presence of toxins in the blood serum. A Mental Status Exam, a Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised screen, and the Profile of Mood States were administered. Results indicate a primary pattern which is sign…
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Date:
April 1991
Creator:
Fincher, Cynthia Ellen
Partner:
UNT Libraries