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Cognitive screening instruments: time for retirement
1Formerly at Cognitive Function Clinic, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK ajlarner241@aol.com.
Abstract:
Cognitive screening instruments are used daily in clinics devoted to the assessment of cognitive disorders and also in general neurology clinics where patients with complaints of memory disorder may be encountered. However, these instruments have significant theoretical and practical shortcomings that are generally overlooked or ignored. In pursuit of biological rather than nosological diagnosis, and in light of these shortcomings, I recommend that cognitive screening instruments should now be abandoned.

