The patient has been seen multiple times. Labs have been ordered, reviewed, and repeated. Relevant medical conditions have been identified and are being managed. The obvious contributors to the presenting complaints have been addressed. And the patient is still struggling. The workup is largely…
A psychiatrist reached out with a question that many psychiatrists eventually encounter. His patient, a woman in residential treatment for alcohol use disorder with a presentation that had not been fully explained by prior evaluation or treatment, experienced stimulants as calming and was clear…
A neuropsychological report is not a documentation exercise. It is a clinical argument. And the difference between a report that changes treatment and one that sits in a chart is whether that argument has actually been made — clearly, specifically, and in a way…
