lesson 6 part 1 Flashcards
refers to the standard procedure used to evaluate the client’s mental and emotional functioning at the time the client is seen by the mental health professional
mental status examination
It involves a precise series of observations as well as some
specific questions.
mental status examination
Categories of Mental Status Examination
general assessment and motor behavior
mood
affect
thought process
thought content
cognitive evaluation
insight
judgment
repeated purposeless behaviors indicative of anxiety such tapping the foot, twisting locks of hair
automatisms
maintenance of posture or position over time
waxy flexibility
ability to interact with the interviewer
attitude
note agitation, retardation, tense, lethargy
psychomotor activity
refers to the internal emotional tone of the patient
mood
it is a subjective way a client explains feelings
mood
normal mood
euthymic
elated
euphoric
changeable
labile
depressed, restless
dysphoric
outward expression of the client’s emotional state
affect
It fluctuates with thought content and can be observed
in facial expressions, vocal fluctuations, and gestures.
affect
disharmony between the stimuli and the emotional reaction
inappropriate affect
displaying one type of expression
restricted affect
severe reduction in emotional reaction
blunted affect
absence or near absence of emotional reaction
flat affect
dulled emotional tone
apathy
presence of two opposing feelings
ambivalence
feeling of strangeness towards oneself
depersonalization
feeling of strangeness towards the environment
derealization
the way the client functions intellectually
thought process
