Psychiatry and Psychology

Mental Status and Dementia Tests

Tests designed to assess various aspects of neurocognitive function or dementia.

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Abstract

Tests designed to assess various aspects of neurocognitive function or dementia.

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Synonyms

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  • Mental Status and Dementia Test
  • COGNISTAT
  • Clinical Dementia Rating
  • Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
  • Cognitive Assessment Screening Instrument
  • Dementia Rating Scale
  • Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination
  • GPCOG
  • General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition
  • MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination
  • Mental Status Tests
  • MicroCog
  • Mini Mental State Examination
  • Mini Mental Status Examination
  • Mini-Cog
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment
  • Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination
  • Neurocognitive Test
  • Neurocognitive Tests
  • UPDRS Panel
  • Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
  • Mental Status Test

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Indexed with the subheadings history, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2018

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Previous Indexing

  • Neuropsychological Tests (1987-2017)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mental Status and Dementia Tests. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073216. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073216
  2. Mental Status and Dementia Tests. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112650867