HISTORY TAKING

Question 1

MMSE
What is a MMSE?

Answer 1

An MMSE is a cognitive test used to screen for the presence of cognitive impairement.

Question 2

Purpose of a MMSE

Answer 2

Helps differentiate between a variety of systemic conditions as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Question 3

What are the components of a MMSE?

Answer 3

Appearance
Language
Orientation
Registration
Attention
Calculation
Recall

Question 4

MMSE Scoring

Answer 4

24 - 30 - no cognitive impairment
18 - 23 - Mild cognitive impairment
0 -17 - Sever cognitive impairment

Question 5

Premordial personality

Answer 5

personality before the mental illness

Question 6

Truancy

Answer 6

Staying away from school for no reason, absenteeism

Question 7

Neologism

Answer 7

coining of new words

Question 8

Athetoid (Dyskinetic cerebral palsy)

Answer 8

The patient has trouble controlling muscle movements.
Patient has abrupt movement.

Question 9

Tardive dyskinesia

Answer 9

Med induced movement disorder characterized by by uncontrollable , abnormal and repetitive movement of the face torso and lower body parts.

Question 10

Compulsion

Answer 10

Repetitive mental behavior/ mental acts
Obsessional motor acts

Question 11

Mannerism

Answer 11

Mal-adaptive behaviors

Question 12

Syntax

Answer 12

the arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences in a language.

Question 13

Affect

Answer 13

Immediate physical expression of emotions and mood

Question 14

Catatonia

Answer 14

a disorder that disrupts the person’s awareness of the world around them