Know about Mental Status Examination

Abstract

The mental status examination (MSE) is an ordered summary of observations, patient’s mental experiences, and behavior at the time of interview. The major purpose of MSE is to make a thorough study about the patient’s behavior and to make clinical diagnosis as per the impression. MSE helps to record the current and severity of symptoms to evidence the diagnosis made. MSE needs to be documented in the desired format with detailed description added to that patient’s verbatim, which shows the significant symptoms.