Sep 16, 2026 · 38 min · 12 segments
In this podcast, Dr Claire Jones speaks to Dr Jonathan Rogers about assessing motor signs in psychiatric practice, focusing on the assessment and management of movement disorders. They discuss how to…
Jonathan RogersGuest
Claire JonesHost
A patient comes to sit down, you put the chair there, and they can't locate the chair with their bottom.
You particularly get it in Alzheimer's, especially posterior cortical atrophy.
The other sign that's really helpful if you do a memory clinic is something called the head turning sign.
I asked you the question and you just instinctively turn your head to the side for your partner or your carer to answer the question for you.
And I think the second one is a very useful and something I've definitely observed in clinical practice myself.
I think, should we probably think about wrapping things up there, Jonathan? And I think that was a very interesting overview of movement disorders.
It's given me some definite food for thought about what I write in my mental state exam and how I go about looking at patients and the way they move in my own clinical practice.
A patient comes to sit down, you put the chair there, and they can't locate the chair with their bottom.
You particularly get it in Alzheimer's, especially posterior cortical atrophy.
The other sign that's really helpful if you do a memory clinic is something called the head turning sign.
I asked you the question and you just instinctively turn your head to the side for your partner or your carer to answer the question for you.
And I think the second one is a very useful and something I've definitely observed in clinical practice myself.
I think, should we probably think about wrapping things up there, Jonathan? And I think that was a very interesting overview of movement disorders.
It's given me some definite food for thought about what I write in my mental state exam and how I go about looking at patients and the way they move in my own clinical practice.
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