Mental Status Exam Flashcards
1
Q
Abstract Reasoning
A
assess by identifying a theme between 3-4 objects
2
Q
Attitude
A
Towards clinician (cooperative, resistant, fearful)
3
Q
Thought Process
A
Circumstantial, tangential, flight of ideas, poverty of thought?
4
Q
Thought Content
A
Delusions, phobias, obsessions, preoccupied, SI, HI?
5
Q
Cognition
A
Alert and oriented? Attention/concentration? Memory (short/long-term)?
6
Q
Insight
A
Awareness around own symptoms and situation?
7
Q
Mini MSE (MMSE)
A
Used for identifying possible dementia