Episode #3, released on June 8, 2016 and recorded in Spring 2016. Today’s topic is the mental status exam, and I will be interviewing Dr. Michael Casher, one of the attending psychiatrists at the University of Michigan. We will cover: -What is the mental status exam? Why do we have the mental status exam in psychiatry. -We will play a sketch from a TV show and we will have Dr. Casher break it down with a mental status exam. -Various areas of the mental status exam: Appearance, attitude, behavior/psychomotor activity, mood, affect, speech, thought process. This particular episode is going to be appropriate for pre-clinical and clinical students. Residents early in their training may also find it useful.

003 Mental Status Exam Part 1 with Dr. Michael Casher

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003 Mental Status Exam Part 1 with Dr. Michael Casher

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