Psyched: Educational Psychiatry Podcast

Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers the mental status exam.Hosts: Dr. Matthew Cho (PGY1) and Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)Audio editing: Dr. Angad Singh (PGY2)Episode Evaluation: Shelly Palchik (MS4)Timestamps:(0:20) Basics of the mental status exam(2:05) Appearance(4:00) Behaviour(5:00) Cooperation(6:20) Speech(7:18) Emotions(9:12) Perception(10:15) Thought process(12:35) Thought content(13:28) Insight(14:10) Judgement(14:46) CognitionReference: Donnelly, J., Rosenberg, M., & Fleeson, W. P. (1970). The evolution of the mental status—past and future. American Journal of Psychiatry, 126(7), 997-1002.Folstein, M. F., Folstein, S. E., & McHugh, P. R. (1975). “Mini-mental state”: a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of psychiatric research, 12(3), 189-198.Norris, D. R., Clark, M. S., & Shipley, S. (2016). The mental status examination. American family physician, 94(8), 635-641.Psyc