1: Psych Sx + Mental Status Exam Flashcards
3 of the top 10 illnesses are psychiatric - name them
- major depression
- bipolar disorder
- schizophrenia
12 components of the mental status exam
- appearance, attitude, behavior
- mood
- affect
- speech
- thought process
- thought content
- insight
- intellectual and cognitive functioning
- judgment
- impulsivity
- reliability
- summary
mood vs. affect
mood - pervasive feeling state or emotion a person is feeling; is sustained and influences how a person responds to others
affect - objectively observable expression of a person’s mood state
psych definitions of obsessions and compulsions
obsessions: intrusive thoughts/images/acts that you don’t want
compulsions: ritualistic activities to lessen the anxiety from obsessions
mini mental state exam scoring
30 = normal 24-25 = start worrying about dementia
definition of defense mechanisms + 8 examples
unconscious intrapsychic processes serving to provide relief from emotional conflict and anxiety
ex: dissociation, intellectualization, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, repression, sublimation, substitution
dissociation
splitting off clusters of mental contents from conscious awareness
intellectualization
engagement in abstract thinking to ward off conflict or disturbing feelings
projection
what is emotionally unacceptable in the self is unconsciously rejected and attributed to others
rationalization
individual attempts to make unacceptable feeling acceptable by justification
reaction formation
person adopts ideas and behaviors that are the opposite of impulses harbored consciously or unconsciously
repression
banishment of unacceptable fantasies or ideas from the conscious mind
sublimation
unacceptable conscious drives are redirected into personally and socially acceptable channels
substitution
an unacceptable emotion is replaced by one that is more acceptable
