Mental status tests

Mental status tests
Alternate Names : Memory, Word comprehension, Orientation, Attention span, Cognitive tests
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Mental status tests are used to determine whether a disease or condition is affecting a person's thinking abilities, and whether a person's mental condition is improving or getting worse.
How the test is performed: ...

Mental status tests
Mental status testing evaluates memory, ability to solve simple problems and other thinking skills. Such tests give an overall sense of whether a person: ...

» National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
» National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
» National Aphasia Association
» Mental Status Tests. Memory.

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