Mental Status Assessment

Question 1

Appearance

Answer 1

Grooming, hygiene, posture, and eye contact. Correlation between appearance, developmental stage and age

Question 2

General Attitude

Answer 2

Cooperative, uncooperative, friendly, hostile, defensive, guarded, apathetic

Question 3

Mood

Answer 3

Depressed, sad, anxious, fearful, labile, irritable, elated, euphoric, guilty, despairing

Question 4

Motor Activity

Answer 4

Tremors, tics, mannerisms, gestures, gait, hyperactivity, restlessness, agitation, echopraxia, rigidity, aggressiveness

Question 5

Sensory/perceptual Disturbances

Answer 5

Hallucinations (auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory). Illusions (depersonalization, derealization)

Question 6

Affect

Answer 6

Congruent with mood, flat, inappropriate

Question 7

Cognitive

Answer 7

Alertness, orientation, memory, abstract thinking

Question 8

Speech Pattern

Answer 8

Aphasia, volume, impairments, stuttering

Question 9

Thought Process

Answer 9

• Form of Thought: Tangentiality, word salads, neologisms, echolalia, attention span
• Content of Thought: Delusional, suicidal, homicidal, obsession, paranoid, suspicious, religiosity-based, phobic, magical

Question 10

Impulse Control

Answer 10

Aggression, fear, guilt, affection, sexual

Question 11

Judgment / Insight

Answer 11

Decision making, problem-solving, coping