Administered the Wechsler Memory Scale, Form I (WMS) twice to 34 normal Ss and 30 hospitalized patients with psychiatric or neurological disorders. In the normal group, the Memory Quotient (MQ) test‐retest reliability was r(32) = 0.75, p <0.001. The mean retest gain in points was 7.2, median gain was 7, and range of gain was from −18 to +28. The increase in mean MQ over time was significant, t(33) = 3.95, p < 0.001. In the psychiatric‐neurological group, the MQ test‐retest reliability was r(28) = 0.89, p <0.001. The mean retest gain in points was 4, median gain was 4.5, and range of gain was from −12 to +23. The increase in mean MQ over time was significant, t(29) = 2.32, p < 0.05. Although the WMS possesses acceptable psychometric reliability, the clinician must keep in mind that the MQ may change significantly over time for individual Ss.

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Preview Sexual abuse of boys by their mothers is being increasingly reported and must be considered in the course of history taking and physical examination. Often there is little objective evidence of such abuse, and only a cluster of signs and risk factors may reveal the victimization. Drs Elliott and Peterson list characteristics that can help physicians identify sexually abusive mothers and sexually abused children; they also discuss how to retrieve a report of abuse from a child and assess its credibility.

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