PsychBabel » folstein http://psychbabel.com/psychblog Psychiatry Blog, Discussions, Ramblings, News Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:25:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Whenceforth the MMSE? http://psychbabel.com/psychblog/2009/03/17/whenceforth-the-mmse/ http://psychbabel.com/psychblog/2009/03/17/whenceforth-the-mmse/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:32:55 +0000 S Cho, MD http://psychbabel.com/psychblog/?p=115 So we in psychiatry are taught the Folstein Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) early in our training. At times, I have wondered, how and when did the Folsteins come up with the MMSE? How was it first introduced? Then I came upon these articles:

It appears that answers those questions. A more detailed look at the MMSE in the future.

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