The Bender Gestalt-II an Underutilized Tool in Brief Neurological Screening

The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test as a group screening instrument for social maturity

Bender Gestalt 2 This study investigated the use of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (BVMGT) as a measure of social maturity. A group BVMGT was administered to 80 second grade children and scored using the Koppitz Developmental Scoring System. The Social Domain of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS) served as the measure of social maturity. It was hypothesized that there is a signif...

Brain Dysfunction Indication on the Bender-gestalt Test:

Bender-Gestalt Test correlates of prognosis in Unipolar Depression

The Bender-Gestalt test (B-G test) was administered to examine its prognostic implications in an Ethiopian sample with unipolar depression. Total 30 patients with moderate level of depression were included in study and their time taken was compared against the performance on the B-G test. Finally, a significant difference was found between time taken and Z-scores of the test supporting the prog...

Art Therapy: An Underutilized, yet Effective Tool

Art therapy has been recognized as beneficial and effective since first described by Adrian Hill in 1942. Even before this time, art therapy was utilized for moral reinforcement and psychoanalysis. Art therapy aids patients with, but not limited to, chronic illness, physical challenges, and cancer in both pediatric and adult scenarios. Although effective in patient care, the practice of art the...

Testing the BRIEF Health Literacy Screening Tool

I nadequate health literacy is a major problem in the United States. Patients’ health literacy skills affect their ability to communicate with health care providers, adhere to health care regimens, access and navigate health care services, and manage health issues. Yet the Institute of Medicine estimated in 2004 that nearly half of all American adults (about 90 million people) have difficulty u...