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  • Mental Status and Dementia Tests

Mental Status Examination

The mental status examination is utilized in psychiatry, family medicine, emergency medicine, and internal medicine. The examination is typically taught at the student level and is refined according to a clinician’s practice values, the setting of practice, and the duration of the clinician-patient relationship. This examination defines the patient’s current state during evaluation. However, depending on whether the patient is inpatient, outpatient, within acute care, or a specialized psychiatric evaluation, the examination could be repeated in several clinical encounters to monitor psychiatric progression. Improvement in disease state also depends on patient response to pharmacological intervention and therapy, typically in combination, for the best prognosis. This activity reviews the mental status examination, describes its components, and highlights its relationship with final diagnosis and treatment for the interprofessional team evaluating patients with psychiatric disease. Participating clinicians are equipped with the essential focus areas for a culturally competent mental status examination, with recommendations based on specialty.

Credit & MOC Details

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Credit types

AAPA Category 1 Credit™Up to 2 creditsAMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Up to 2 creditsNursingUp to 2 creditsPharmacyUp to 2 creditsSocial WorkUp to 2 credits

MOC types

ABS — Accredited CMEUp to 2 pointsABTS — Accredited CMEUp to 2 pointsABIM — Medical KnowledgeUp to 2 pointsABS — Self-AssessmentUp to 2 pointsABP — Lifelong Learning and Self-AssessmentUp to 2 pointsABTS — Self-AssessmentUp to 2 points

FDA REMS

No

Qualifies for MIPS

No

Target Specialties

Pricing

Fee varies

This provider typically $49–98

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  • Article / monograph / reference
  • Credit · Up to 2 credits
  • MOC · Up to 2 points
  • Fee varies · this provider typically $49–98
  • Released
    Sep 1, 2026
  • Last day to claim credit
    Sep 1, 2029 3 years left

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