The Mental Status Examination Handbook

The Mental Status Examination Handbook 1st Edition:

The ability to effectively assess cognitive and other behavioral functions is an essential skill for neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, nurses, and other clinicians who perform clinic and bedside examinations. Unique in the field, The Mental Status Examination Handbook is a user-friendly, comprehensive resource that provides practical guidance on cognitive assessment, clarifies mental status testing procedures, and assists with decision making for neuropsychological referrals. This detailed manual draws from the full history of behavioral neurology testing, making the complex and challenging area of cognitive assessment accessible for both students and practitioners.

Offers guidance on how to choose and perform a large number of mental status tests, with information on selected test materials and normative values.
Covers the bedside evaluation of arousal, attention, memory, language, perception, executive abilities, and other cognitive and behavioral areas.
Provides an authoritative assessment and compendium of commonly used mental status scales, inventories and questionnaires.
Describes relevant correlations with formal neuropsychological testing, neuroimaging, and neuropsychiatric disease.
Explains how to weigh, use, and understand mental status scales and neuropsychological instruments.
Discusses the meaning of cognitive symptoms and signs, and their neuroanatomical and neuropathological correlations.
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∗ eText ISBN: 032369490X, 978-0323694902, 9780323694902

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Contents

Section I Fundamentals of Mental Status Testing
Chapter 1 Introduction
Brief History
Psychiatry and Neuropsychology
Conclusions
Chapter 2 Principles of Mental Status Testing
Goals and Levels
Brief MSX Screen
Mental Status Scales and Inventories
Targeted MSX
The NBSE
Referral for Neuropsychological Testing
Principles of MSX
Principles of Assessment
Principles of Interpretation
Principles of Reporting
Chapter 3 Common Clinical Disorders Affecting Mental Status Testing
Delirium
Characteristics on MSX
Dementia
Characteristics on MSX
Depression
Characteristics on MSX
Chapter 4 Essential Behavioral Neuroanatomy
General Brain-Behavior Principles
Brain-Behavior Localization (see Table 4.2)
Neural Networks and Circuits
Conclusions
Section II Mental Status Testing
Chapter 5 Overview of the Mental Status Examination
Brief MSX
Overview of the NBSE
Conclusions
Chapter 6 The Neurobehavioral History and Behavioral Observations
The Neurobehavioral History
Behavioral Observations (In-Person or Videoconferencing)
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Chapter 7 Arousal, Attention, and Other Fundamental Functions
Fundamental Functions and Orientation
Testing of Fundamental Functions and Orientation
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Chapter 8 Language and Speech
Part 1. Spoken Language and Speech
Part 2. Written Language and Reading
Conclusions
Chapter 9 Memory and Semantic Knowledge
Memory Basics
Declarative Episodic Memory
The Examination of Semantics
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Chapter 10 Constructional, Perceptual, and Spatial Abilities
Visual Perceptual and Spatial Processing
Examination of Constructional Abilities
Examination of Basic Perceptual Abilities
Examination of Spatial Abilities
Cortical Blindness and Visual Agnosias
The Examination for Visual Object Agnosia
Prosopagnosia
Examination for Prosopagnosia
Examination for Color Agnosia and Related Disorders
Disorders of the Auditory Modality
Testing the Auditory Modality
Olfactory Agnosia
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Chapter 11 Praxis and Related Cortical Movement Abnormalities
Apraxia
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Chapter 12 Calculations and Related Functions
Acalculia
The Examination for Acalculias
Gerstmann Syndrome
The Examination for Gerstmann Syndrome Beyond Acalculia
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Chapter 13 Executive Operations and Abilities
Executive Operations
The Examination of Executive Operations
Executive Attributes
Tests of Executive Traits
Insight
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Chapter 14 The Neurological Behavioral Examination
Neurological Behaviors
Elements of the Neurological Behavioral Examination
Misperceptions of The Body or Self
Clinical Implications
Conclusions
Section III Scales or Inventories, Neuropsychological Tests, and Computerized Techniques
Chapter 15 Overview of Scales and Inventories
General Aspects
Indications and Choice of Instrument
Psychometrics Properties
Longitudinal Assessment
Interpretation and Limitations
Conclusions
Chapter 16 General Mental Status Scales, Rating Instruments, and Behavior Inventories
Evaluation of Select General Mental Status Scales
Information and Informant-Based Rating Instruments
Survey of Behavior Inventories Useful in Neurobehavior
Conclusions
Chapter 17 Overview of Neuropsychological Testing
General Concepts of Neuropsychological Assessment
Neuropsychological Batteries and Testing
The Report and Interpretation
Conclusions
Chapter 18 Tele-Neurobehavior and Computerized Cognitive Tests
Tele-Neurobehavior
Computerized Cognitive Testing
Conclusions
Appendix A Index of Mental Status Tasks
Arousal, Attention, and Other Fundamental Functions
Language and Speech
Memory and Semantic Knowledge
Constructional, Perceptual, and Spatial Abilities
Praxis and Related Cortical Movement Abnormalities
Calculations and Related Functions
Executive Operations and Attributes
The Neurologic Behavioral Examination (includes Social Cognition)
Appendix B Mental Status Scales
The Clock Drawing Test
Mini-Cog
Six-Item Cognitive Screener
Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)
Short Test of Mental Status
Mini-Mental State Examination
Interpretation of the MoCA
RUDAS
Mini-Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination. American Version A (2014)
Key Select References
Index