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. 1988 Nov 9:58–62.

Computerized Mental Status Testing in the Elderly

JR Slaughter, BW Hesse, CW Turner
PMCID: PMC2245221

Abstract

To assist in the evaluation of the hundreds of thousands of geriatric veterans that will inundate the VA health care system through the latter part of this century and the early part of the next, the authors are applying a computerized mental status screening instrument. The authors have computerized a cognitive and emotive screening instrument aimed primarily at the early detection of dementia and depression, specially adapted to elderly patients.

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