MSE

Question 1

What are the 10 components of the Mental Status Exam

Answer 1

Appearance
Behavior
Speech
Mood
Affect
Thought Content
Thought Process
Perception
Cognition
Insight/Judgement

Question 2

Aspect of the Mental Status Exam; patient’s description of their own subjective feelings (may not be the same as they express)

Answer 2

Mood

Question 3

Aspect of the Mental Status Exam; objective, observed component of emotion

Answer 3

Affect

Question 4

Aspect of the Mental Status Exam; manner in which thoughts are connected or associated; examples are Flight of Ideas, Echolalia and Looseness of Association

Answer 4

Thought Process

Question 5

Disorder of Thought; rapid and continuous shifting from one idea to another

Answer 5

Flight of Ideas

Question 6

Disorder of Thought; replicated utterances that are produced or echoed immediately after they are heard

Answer 6

Echolalia

Question 7

Disorder of Thought; association of ideas and thought patterns becomes so vague, fragmented and diffuse as to lack any logical sequence or relationship

Answer 7

Looseness of Association (LOA)

Question 8

Fixed, false belief, which can be either false or fanciful; mental aspect

Answer 8

Delusion (as opposed to Illusion which is external distortion of senses)

Question 9

Distortion of the senses; a misperception of a REAL external stimulus; physical phenomenon

Answer 9

Illusion (as opposed to a Hallucination, which is in the ABSENCE of external stimuli)

Question 10

Perceptions in the ABSENCE of external stimuli

Answer 10

Hallucinations

Question 11

Difference between a Hallucination and an Illusion

Answer 11

Hallucination: perception in ABSENCE of stimuli
Illusion: misperception of a REAL external stimulus

Question 12

Ilusion vs hallucination: an object appears other than how it is

Answer 12

illusion

Question 13

Ilusion vs hallucination: there’s nothing there at all

Answer 13

hallucination

Question 14

Thought process; answers the questions but with TONS of extra detail

Answer 14

Circumstantial

Question 15

Thought process; DOES NOT answer the question, but with TONS of extra detail

Answer 15

Tangential

Question 16

___________ is specifically a sense of detachment from oneself and one’s identity.

Answer 16

Depersonalization

Question 17

____________ is when things or people around seem unreal. One feels detached from the world around

Answer 17

Derealization

Question 18

Awareness/understanding of situation, illness, and available choices is called ________

Answer 18

insight

Question 19

Patient’s decision-making ability is called ________

Answer 19

judgment