Mental Status Exam Flashcards

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Abstract Reasoning

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assess by identifying a theme between 3-4 objects

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2
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Attitude

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Towards clinician (cooperative, resistant, fearful)

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3
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Thought Process

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Circumstantial, tangential, flight of ideas, poverty of thought?

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4
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Thought Content

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Delusions, phobias, obsessions, preoccupied, SI, HI?

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5
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Cognition

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Alert and oriented? Attention/concentration? Memory (short/long-term)?

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6
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Insight

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Awareness around own symptoms and situation?

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7
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Mini MSE (MMSE)

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Used for identifying possible dementia

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