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The Mental Status Exam Explained
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Pocket guide is condensed from the author's Brain A Guide to a Successful Mental Status Exam, 2nd ed., c2001. Provides a concise and practical introduction to the exam. For residents and clinicians. Softcover.
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128 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
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May 21, 2023
I bought the third edition and found it very informative! It goes into depth about each section and provides verbiage on how to describe clients. Great tool to have, really cleared up a lot of things for me.
March 6, 2026
Third Edition | Borrowed from the school library | Mandatory reading for the Psychiatry Clerkship
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AKA - Sam studies for SHELF - because for all the hours I clocked in, you best believe it counts towards the Goodreads reading goal. As with all my logged Case Files textbooks, I didn't read this one straight through, but used it sporadically over my clerkship to supplement my learning.
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This book is a helpful and decently concise guide to explaining psychiatry terms and how to phrase (and document in a medical record) components of a mental status exam and observations of a psychiatry patient who may or may not be able to give you a reliable HPI. The buzzword associations and terminology lessons are also helpful for 1) answering questions on rounds and 2) answering questions on NBME exams. This book is not all encompassing, and certainly feels as if some information / diagnostic criteria is outdated (which makes sense as it is nearly a decade old), but the core of it is helpful as a supplement to other study resources.
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AKA - Sam studies for SHELF - because for all the hours I clocked in, you best believe it counts towards the Goodreads reading goal. As with all my logged Case Files textbooks, I didn't read this one straight through, but used it sporadically over my clerkship to supplement my learning.
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This book is a helpful and decently concise guide to explaining psychiatry terms and how to phrase (and document in a medical record) components of a mental status exam and observations of a psychiatry patient who may or may not be able to give you a reliable HPI. The buzzword associations and terminology lessons are also helpful for 1) answering questions on rounds and 2) answering questions on NBME exams. This book is not all encompassing, and certainly feels as if some information / diagnostic criteria is outdated (which makes sense as it is nearly a decade old), but the core of it is helpful as a supplement to other study resources.
September 7, 2015
Book is very interesting, concised with simple language. If it is your 1st time to read or study about MSE you may find it boring & exhausting in front of all these terms & meanings. what helped me was that I Worked with patients & exercsied MSE a lot. Generally I recommend this book. I also recommend to read the book of psychiatry interview for the same publisher before this book. Try to practise what you read and be patient till you finish the 2 books, you will find information to be processed in your mind & practice. Good luck everybody.
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