The Word ‘clinical examination’ has a different meaning in psychiatry; this does not mean that a classical clinical examination is useless. Not only can it lead to an unexpected diagnosis of a physical illness presenting a psychiatric disturbance; it also gives clues to the phenomenology of the sick patient. Even the reaction of the examination of the deep reflexes provides information about the psychological attitude of the patient. Finally, less sophisticated patients would not understand why a doctor does not examine t
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