The Usefulness of the Clinical Tests of the Sensorium
- 1 July 1971
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 119 (548) , 9-18
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.119.548.9
Abstract
Although the clinical tests of sensorium (CTS) are widely used as a quick check of mental efficiency (Slater and Roth, 1969), they have come together in a haphazard way and their validity has been questioned (Shapiro et al., 1956). For example, a patient may be able to perform well on so-called memory tests such as Digit Span and Babcock Sentence and still have a florid memory disturbance (Roth and Hopkins, 1953; Zangwill, 1946).Keywords
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