Mental Status Assessment

Question 1

General Assessment and Motor Behavior

Answer 1

hygiene and grooming, appropriate dress, posture, eye contact, unusual movements, or mannerisms, speech.

Question 2

Mood

Answer 2

internal emotional tone of the patient.

Question 3

Affect

Answer 3

outward expression of the client’s emotional state.

Question 4

Thought Process

Answer 4

the way the client functions intellectually or how the client is thinking.

Question 5

Thought Content

Answer 5

the type of ideas expressed by the client or what the client is thinking

Question 6

Cognitive Evaluation

Answer 6

the ability to think and know

Question 7

Judgment

Answer 7

the ability to reach a logical decision about a situation and to choose a course of action after examining various possibilities

Question 8

Insight

Answer 8

person’s awareness of his or her own thoughts and feelings and ability to compare them with the thoughts and feelings of others

the ability to understand the true nature of one’s situation and accept personal responsibility for that situation

Question 9

Mental Status Examination

Answer 9

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