The SLU Mental Status exam helps detect changes in cognition over time. It is designed for adults aged 60 and above and should not be used for patients with diseases or conditions that cause cognitive ...
A 72-year-old man with a history of bradycardia and transient ischemic attack (TIA) is transported from a skilled nursing facility for evaluation of altered mental status. In the emergency department ...
Altered mental status (AMS) is a broad term that describes unusual changes in a person’s emotional response, thinking, or behavior. People tend to be consistent in the way they think and behave. If ...
Altered mental status refers to any change in a person’s awareness, cognition, or behavior that differs from their typical functioning. Altered mental status can range from mild confusion to complete ...
WHO’s Mental Health Atlas is a periodic survey and report of countries’ mental health policies and programmes, laws, information systems, financing, workforce and services.
The document is an opening commentary authored by Dévora Kestel, Director of the Department of Mental Health, Brain Health, and Substance Use at the World Health Organisation. It discusses the prominence of mental health in the preparations for the upcoming UN General Assembly high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in September 2025.
Mental health and NCDs: A shared but differentiated agenda for the 2025 ...
Leaders from across the world at the Eightieth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have adopted the political declaration to combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health challenges through a fully integrated approach. This is the outcome of the intergovernmental negotiations in advance of and considered by the fourth high-level meeting of the UNGA on the prevention and control ...