Mental Status Examination

Authors

Brenna N. Renn, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Samantha E. John, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

3-12-2019

Publication Title

Diagnostic interviewing 5th edition

Publisher

Springer

Edition

5

First page number:

77

Last page number:

102

Abstract

The mental status examination (MSE) is a structured assessment of the clinically relevant areas of a client’s behavioral, emotional, and cognitive functioning. It includes descriptions of the client’s overall appearance, comportment, and behavior; it also describes a client’s thought and perceptual processes and content, emotional state, and cognitive abilities, including level of consciousness, orientation and attention, and insight. By coalescing these important domains, the MSE paints a picture of the client at a given point in time.

Keywords

Mental status exam; Observation; Evaluation; Interviewing

Disciplines

Behavioral Medicine | Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences | Mental and Social Health

Language

English

Repository Citation

Renn, B. N., John, S. E. (2019). Mental Status Examination. Diagnostic interviewing 5th edition 77-102. Springer.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9127-3_4