Welcome, would-be doctors and patients to

The Psychologist Game

• Your therapy practice is in danger!

  The problems began last summer with charges that you "interfered" with a patient. Now, with the publication of your latest research paper, Anagrams In Medicine, allegations have grown to ridicule. Calls for your decertification echo throughout the land. Throughout the LAND. You'll surely lose your license in a matter of days—unless you can somehow prove your skills!

• How can you stay a doctor?

  Well, as it turns out the World Therapist Foundation (WTF) has ruled that a therapist can keep his license if "he or she shows awesome mettle in a test of direct patient assessment." Specifically, WTF has agreed to show you patient profiles, and to stay in business you must quickly identify their behavioral tendencies.

• Here's how it works

  • You'll be shown pairs of real people, and one has a made a bold claim. The other denies it.
  • Guess to continue. Once you're wrong, the game ends.
  • You get 20 points for every correct guess.
  • You can review their files, but it'll cost you 3 points each time.
  • 500 points is your goal—only then can you continue your practice!