[Book Description]

A picture can be worth a thousand words. Interpret your patients' mental "picture" accurately at the bedside. New "quick reference" poket card with MSE basics included!

This time-honored classic, cited as "essential reading" by Neurology, will prepare you to:
Use a standardized mental status exam to diagnose organic brain disease and describe relactive levels of functioning.
Assess you patient's mental statue quickly and compare test scores with age-related norms to eliminate the need for more expensive tests.

A look at what's inside
Handy separate pocket card listing the main steps of the mental status exam that fit the limited patient-contact time typical in primary care today
Important points highlighted for recognition and review
Sample forms for recording answers and scores
DSW-IV criteria
Advice on referrals and more detailde testing


[Contents]

CHAPTER 1. THE MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION: A RATIONALE AND OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 2. HISTORY AND BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS
CHAPTER 3. LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
CHAPTER 4. ATTENTION
CHAPTER 5. LANGUAGE
CHAPTER 6. MEMORY
CHAPTER 7. CONSTRUCTIONAL ABILITY
CHAPTER 8. HIGHER COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER 9. RELATED COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
CHAPTER 10. SUMMARY OF EXAMINATION
CHAPTER 11. FURTHER EVALUATIONS

APPENDIX 1. STANDARD NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT METHODS
APPENDIX 2. MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION RECORDING FORM

INDEX