The Mental Status Examination (MSE) is an essential component of all clinical interviews, and remains the cornerstone of descriptive psychopathology. It is a structured set of questions and observations designed to assess:

• Perception
• Thinking
• Feeling
• Behavior
• Cognitive Functioning & Sensorium

$50.00 US
428 pages, hard-cover
ISBN (10) 1-894328-02-7; (13) 9781894328029

Brain Calipers, 2nd Ed.: A Guide to a Successful Mental Status Exam provides a comprehensive and enjoyable overview of the mental status exam. Features include:

• DSM-IV diagnostic criteria that pertain to findings on the MSE
• Coverage of each aspect of the MSE in an individual chapter with definitions, numerous examples, and explanations outlining the relevance of specific findings
• Sample questions to ask in each section of the MSE
• An "edutainment" approach with many illustrations, mnemonics, illustrations and summary diagrams

An excerpt of this book is available online in PDF format. If you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed you may download this excerpt to review by following this link (Brain_Calipers.pdf - 163 kb)

"I highly recommend Brain Calipers to psychiatry residents, medical students, and psychiatrists preparing for their board examinations. This book is a very comprehensive review of the mental status examination. In addition to being informative, it is very readable and highly entertaining."
Steven E. Hyler, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University