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The role of psychometry is to assess in quantitative terms the behavioural changes that might be found in patients. The term behaviour when applied to demented patients refers largely to aspects of intellectual and memory function. As might be expected in an area so very individual, the measurement of personality function, and more particularly dysfunction, is far from satisfactory for general clinical purposes.
Measure your mind’s height by the shade it casts:
Robert Browning (1812–1889)
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Mahendra, B. (1987). Investigations in Dementia. In: Dementia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3183-1_4
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