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Mental Status and Dementia Tests MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Mental Status and Dementia Tests
Tree Number(s)
F04.711.513.603
Unique ID
D000073216
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073216
Scope Note
Tests designed to assess various aspects of neurocognitive function or dementia.
Entry Term(s)
COGNISTAT
Clinical Dementia Rating
Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
Cognitive Assessment Screening Instrument
Dementia Rating Scale
Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination
GPCOG
General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition
MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination
Mental Status Tests
Mental Status and Dementia Test
MicroCog
Mini Mental State Examination
Mini Mental Status Examination
Mini-Cog
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination
Neurocognitive Test
Neurocognitive Tests
UPDRS Panel
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
Previous Indexing
Neuropsychological Tests (1987-2017)
Public MeSH Note
2018
History Note
2018
Date Established
2018/01/01
Date of Entry
2017/07/11
Revision Date
2020/06/17
Mental Status and Dementia Tests Preferred
Mini Mental State Examination Narrower
Montreal Cognitive Assessment Narrower
Cognitive Assessment Screening Instrument Narrower
Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination Narrower
MicroCog Narrower
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Narrower
Clinical Dementia Rating Narrower
Mini-Cog Narrower
Mental Status Tests Narrower
General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition Narrower
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