Mental state examination Flashcards
1
Q
what are the components of a MSE
A
appearance behaviour speech mood affect thought process thought content perception cognition insight
2
Q
appearance?
A
hygeine, clothes, facial expression, physique, posture
3
Q
behaviour?
A
eye contact
psychomotor retardation/agitation
attitude
4
Q
speech?
A
rate, tone, volume, content
pressure/poverty of speech
5
Q
mood?
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objective/subjective
rate on a scale of one to ten
6
Q
affect?
A
how they seem compared to how they feel??
incongruent affect = emotionless when talking about tragedy
mood = climate, affect = weather
7
Q
thought process
A
fight of ideas thought blocking thought broadcasting thought withdrawal loosening of associations tangential thinking knights move thinking circumstantiality (circumlocution) neologisms (paperskate, headshoe)
8
Q
thought content
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obsessions, preoccupations, delusions
9
Q
perception
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halluncinations, illusions, depersonalisation, derealisation
10
Q
cognition
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orientation, attention, memory, language
11
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insight
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awareness, attribution, appraisal, acceptance
