These set of video lectures are a useful review for the USMLE psychiatry test. They explore the basics of a mental status examination when interviewing psychiatric patients.
Lecture outline:
Mental status exam:
General description
Appearance, attitude rapport.
Behaviour /Activity
Akathesia: inability to sit still, restlessness (side effects of neuroleptic drugs)
Speech
Differences between:hallucination and illusion.
Types of hallucinations: auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory.
Content of thought
Minimental status [...]