title: Testing older patients' mental status: practical office-based approach.
abstract: Dementia and depression are among the commonest psychiatric disorders in the aged. Their detection can be considerably enhanced if the physician includes in the medical evaluation seven components of a psychiatric nature, giving particular attention to signs and symptoms of dementia and depression, and performs a brief formal mental status examination.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008016:Life Change Events; D008606:Mental Processes; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012944:Social Support