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Clinical Mental Health Diagnosis > Ch 8-10: Building Blocks of Diagnosis > Flashcards

Ch 8-10: Building Blocks of Diagnosis Flashcards

1
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___is a snapshot of how a person looks, feels, and behaves at the time of examination

A

Mental Status Exam (MSE)

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6 Components of MSE

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Appearance
Mood/Affect
Flow of speech
Content of though
Cognition and Intellectual Resources
Insight and Judgement

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Signs of delusion or hallucination; thoughts of suicide, homicide or violence are elements of which part of the MSE?

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Content of Thought

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Deficient insight -denial, inability or unwillingness to recognize the presence of a mental disorder is considered is observed in which part of the MSE?

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Insight and Judgement

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This section of the MSE is assessed by type, lability, and appropriateness to person’s content of thought.

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Mood/Affect

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T/F
Verbal ticks, circumstantial speech, and highly distractable speech are traits of speech pathology.

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F

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___ is the mood symptom most often noted during MSE.

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Depression

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T/F
A mood disorder should nearly always be considered in an MSE due to their ubiquity, potential for harm, and response to treatment.

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T

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Loose association, derailment, or lack of coherence are potential pathologies included in which section of the MSE?

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Flow of speech

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Orientation, impairment of short-term memory, intellectual ability are characteristics of which section of the MSE?

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Cognition and Intellectual Resources

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T/F
Pertinent negatives are less important than pertinent positives.

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F

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12
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General appearance, level of attention, and amount of activity are characteristics of which section of the MSE?

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Appearance

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The MSE is the most important/ telling building block of diagnosis.

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F

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14
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The Building Blocks of Diagnosis include…

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MSE
Physical Illness
Understanding the whole patient

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15
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Childhood, Adult Life and Living Situation, and Family History are elements of which Building Block of Diagnosis?

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Understanding the whole patient

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16
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The following are subtopics of which key area of understanding the whole patient?
Age and gender, Legal involvement, sexual and Marital life difficulties, Current environment, and Work and financial support.

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Adult Life and Living Situation

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17
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Which of the following is not a factor of Childhood data in Understanding the whole patient?
early relationships
losses
current environment
education
sexuality and abuse

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current environment

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T/F
Dissolution of a relationship during childhood is not that a significant factor in difficulties later in life.

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F

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19
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______ is possibly the most influential external factor in the increased risk for a wide array of disorders.

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abuse

20
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T/F
Gender has important implications for diagnosis.

A

T

21
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T/F
There is no correlation between physical illness and mental disorders

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F

22
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T/F
Physical illness can not produce mental disorders.

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F

23
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T/F
It is fair say that we do not have a clear explanation for the correlation between all medical illness and mental illness.

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T

24
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T/F
Medical Illness should always be considered in mental illness diagnosis.

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T

25
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T/F
Treatment for medical disorders cannot cause mental symptoms.

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F

26
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T/F
The presence of medical illness guarantees presence of mental illness.

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F

27
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T/F
Comorbidity is common amongst physical and mental illness

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T

28
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Signs, symptoms, and events are factors of a ____.

A

Syndrome

29
Q

Common medical illness that may present as mental illness.

A

hypo/hyperthyroid

30
Q

____is the most common physical problem likely to be reported by clients.

A

Sleep disturbances

31
Q

Staying up all hours of the night pacing can be an early hint of what disorder.

A

Schizophrenia

32
Q

Sleep disturbance is a criterion for ____, ____, and dysthymia.

A

GAD and major depression

33
Q

Appetite/ weight loss or gain is a criteria for which disorders.

A

depression
AN

34
Q

Chest pain, chills, dizziness, heart palpitations, sweating, shortness of breath are physical symptoms indicative of ____.

A

Panic symptoms/ panic and anxiety disorders

35
Q

This disorder is characterized by real physical symptoms, not factious or malingering.

A

Somatization Disorder

36
Q

In this disorder, symptoms are experienced out of proportion of typical reports.

A

Somatization Disorder

37
Q

T/F
Illness anxiety disorder and somatization disorder are similar in that the symptoms are not real.

A

F

38
Q

Disorder in which the body is trying to communicate with the client. There is a disconnect between mind and body.

A

Conversion Disorder

39
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T/F
Conversion disorder occurs when there are emotional symptoms presented as physical symptoms.

A

T

40
Q

Niles suggests considering which disorder when symptoms don’t jibe or typical treatment does not work.

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somatic symptom disorder

41
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T/F
In somatic disorders, it is common for new symptoms to appear when another is treated/ resolved until the mental issue is resolved.

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T

42
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T/F
A sign of positive correlation between substance use and mental disorders is when symptoms subside with stopping use of substance.

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T

43
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T/F
A sign of negative correlation between substance use and mental illness is that symptoms appeared before substance use.

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T

44
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T/F
It is not recommended to include medical diagnoses with initial intake.

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F

45
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T/F
It is unnecessary to request or share records with other medical/ mental health professionals of current/ past care team.

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F

46
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T/F
It is appropriate for counselors to suggest routine physical wellness checkups to clients.

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T

47
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A

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