Mental State Exam

Question 1

1 in how many suffer a mental health issue at one point in their lifetime?

Answer 1

1 in 4

Question 2

name functional disorders

Answer 2

headaches

tummy problems

(due to psychological issue)

Question 3

describe disinhibtion

Answer 3

asking the dr questiosn about themselves, moving closer, tryign to reach out etc

(no distance psychologically/physcially)

Question 4

what is mood and affect?

Answer 4

mood- how patient describes that they are feeling today

affect- observation of how you feel the patient comes across

Question 5

descirbe reactive affect

Answer 5

highs and lows ‘normal’

Question 6

describe flattened affect

Answer 6

lows are low- still expereince happy but not to same extent

Question 7

describe blunted affect

Answer 7

v neutral, euthymic

(assoc w schizophrenia)

Question 8

describe unreactive affect

Answer 8

v low all of the time

Question 9

describe labile affect

Answer 9

extremely variable switching from one extreme to the other

(assoc w bipolar)

Question 10

what is insight?

Answer 10

how well a person recognises how unwell they are/ their symptoms

Question 11

explain cognitive function (3 points)

Answer 11

orietnation to time, place and person

concentration

memory

Question 12

describe autobiographical, retorgrade and anterograde in respect to cognitive function

Answer 12

autobiographical- personal events

retrograde- past events

anterograde- new things