Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a useful, brief and standardized measure of mental status. The exam is copyrighted material. For more information about obtaining the exam, please see the page from the Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. -- http://www3.parinc.com/products/product.aspx?Productid=MMSE. The original exam was reported in the literature as: Folstein MF. Folstein SE. McHugh PR. "Mini-mental state". A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 12(3):189-98, 1975 Nov.

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Copyright ©1999. Northwestern University. All Rights Reserved. Edited by the Buehler Center on Aging, McGaw Medical Center. For information regarding content contact: James R. Webster, j-webster@northwestern.edu Published electronically by the Galter Health Sciences Library. For information regarding publication contact: James Shedlock, j-shedlock@northwestern.edu Last Updated: June 9, 1999