Mental Status Assessment

Question 1

Depression

Answer 1

sad, gloomy, dejected

Question 2

Anxiety

Answer 2

apprehension whose source is unknown

Question 3

Flat affect

Answer 3

lack of emotional response

Question 4

Euphoria

Answer 4

excessive well being

Question 5

Lability

Answer 5

rapid shift of emotions

Question 6

Rage

Answer 6

loss of control

Question 7

Irritability

Answer 7

annoyed or easily provoked

Question 8

Fear

Answer 8

worried about known external danger

Question 9

Global Aphasia

Answer 9

most common; spontaneous speech, prognosis is poor

Question 10

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 10

expressive aphasia, patient can understand but they have difficulty expressing themselves

Question 11

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 11

receptive aphasia, patient can hear sounds but does not understand. speech is clear

Question 12

Mini mental status exam

Answer 12

ABCT - Appearance, Behavior, Cognition, Thought process

New Learning - 4 unrelated word test easy to check for memory issues

Question 13

Full psych exam needed

Answer 13

with changes in affect or behavior, with memory loss or inappropriate social interactions, with brain lesions, with aphasia, with symptoms of changes in mental status that are acute on onset

Question 14

DENVER II

Answer 14

screening test to assess mental status and development in children

Question 15

LOC

Answer 15

Level of consciousness; Alert - awake, easily arousable; lethargic - not fully awak, drifts off to sleep, only aroused by name; obtunded - sleeps most of the time, hard to arouse; Stupor - unconscious, responds with vigorous shake or pain; Coma - completely unconcious