lesson 6 part 1

Question 1

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

Answer 1

mental status examination

Question 2

It involves a precise series of observations as well as some
specific questions.

Answer 2

mental status examination

Question 3

Categories of Mental Status Examination

Answer 3

general assessment and motor behavior
mood
affect
thought process
thought content
cognitive evaluation
insight
judgment

Question 4

repeated purposeless behaviors indicative of anxiety such tapping the foot, twisting locks of hair

Answer 4

automatisms

Question 5

maintenance of posture or position over time

Answer 5

waxy flexibility

Question 6

ability to interact with the interviewer

Answer 6

attitude

Question 7

note agitation, retardation, tense, lethargy

Answer 7

psychomotor activity

Question 8

refers to the internal emotional tone of the patient

Answer 8

mood

Question 9

it is a subjective way a client explains feelings

Answer 9

mood

Question 10

normal mood

Answer 10

euthymic

Question 11

elated

Answer 11

euphoric

Question 12

changeable

Answer 12

labile

Question 13

depressed, restless

Answer 13

dysphoric

Question 14

outward expression of the client’s emotional state

Answer 14

affect

Question 15

It fluctuates with thought content and can be observed
in facial expressions, vocal fluctuations, and gestures.

Answer 15

affect

Question 16

disharmony between the stimuli and the emotional reaction

Answer 16

inappropriate affect

Question 17

displaying one type of expression

Answer 17

restricted affect

Question 18

severe reduction in emotional reaction

Answer 18

blunted affect

Question 19

absence or near absence of emotional reaction

Answer 19

flat affect

Question 20

dulled emotional tone

Answer 20

apathy

Question 21

presence of two opposing feelings

Answer 21

ambivalence

Question 22

feeling of strangeness towards oneself

Answer 22

depersonalization

Question 23

feeling of strangeness towards the environment

Answer 23

derealization

Question 24

the way the client functions intellectually

Answer 24

thought process

Question 25

pathological coining of new words

Answer 25

neologism

Question 26

over inclusion of details

Answer 26

circumstantiality

Question 27

incoherent mixture of words and phrases

Answer 27

word salad

Question 28

meaningless repetition of words and phrases

Answer 28

verbigeration