MSE Flashcards
1
Q
Summarise the MSE
A
- Appearance & behaviour
- Speech
- Mood
- Thoughts
- Perceptions
- Cognition
- Insight
+ risk assessment
2
Q
How is appearance assessed?
A
- Are they dressed appropriately for the weather?
- Are they adequately groomed?
3
Q
How is behaviour assessed?
A
- Is there psychomotor agitation?
- Is there guarding in their interaction?
4
Q
How is speech assessed?
A
- Is their speech spontaneous?
- Can you follow their train of thought throughout? (Ie is there TD?)
- Is there a speech pattern?
5
Q
How is mood assessed?
A
- Mood is what they tell you (subjective)
- Affect is how they appear (objective)
- Flattened / blunted affect / labile ?
6
Q
How is thought assessed?
A
THOUGHTS
- Can you follow train of thought? (Ie is there TD?)
- TD - tangential / flight of ideas /
DELUSIONS
- Describe the delusions
- “Complex system of x delusions”
- “No delusions in any other modalities”
7
Q
How is perception assessed?
A
- Describe hallucinations
- Second / third person
- Running commentary?
8
Q
How is cognition assessed?
A
- “Not formally assessed but patient was orientated in time, place, and person”
9
Q
How is insight assessed?
A
- “Patients beliefs were convinced and unshakable - lack of insight”
