MSE Flashcards
What is abstract reasoning
The ability to understand, conceptualize complex concepts, that about ideas that are symbolic, comparative or hypothetical
What is an acute dystonic reaction?
Sustained contraction of musculature of the trunk or limbs, usually induced by medication, or stress and characterizes pain and stiffness 
What is affect?
This is the external expression of emotion visible to clinician
What is akathisia
Motor restlessness, like an inner disquiet, her inability to sit quietly
What is Akinesia
Like a physical movement or extreme immobility
What is alexithymia?
Constricted, emotional life diminished ability to fantasize anniversary in ability to articulate emotion
What is amnestic disorder
The development of memory impairment do the pathology and substance induced
What is anhedonia
The inability to receive pleasure
What is anterograde amnesia?
Inability to have memory after a specific point in time
What are athetoids?
Slow continual movement
What is bro as aphasia?
- Slow speech hard to speak.
2 word comprehension is intact and cannot and shake
3 repetition is impaired - Reading is fair but writing is impaired
- Lesion in the frontal lone
What is catalepsy?
A condition where the client remains in any posture they are placed, even when unsupported physically for long periods. This can be seen in depress or neurologically damaged clients. 
What is catatonia?
Two of the following
Motorik immobility
Motor activity that
Verbal or physical tics
Strange posture and movement
What is circumstantial speech?
This is where there are unnecessary details would eventually the client reaches the point
What is a compulsion to find us?
There is a small urge to act on obsessive thoughts or impulses, because of uncontrollable urge to perform certain actions repetitively
What are the symptoms of delirium?
Clouding of consciousness
Client is in attentive or disoriented
Confusion is worse at night and environmental stimuli is decreased
Disturbance of consciousness, change, and cognition quickly
Either medication or substance induced 
What is a delusion defined as
Fixed false believe they have no bases in reality they are not generally held by one’s culture, and the client cannot be dissuaded despite evidence
What is depersonalization?
What type of hallucination in which a person perceive their body is unreal, floating that are changing in size
What is derailment defined as
A pattern of thought which goes from one topic to another and unpredictable way
What is derealization?
The type of hallucination, which a person perceive their environment is unreal, and feels removed from the world
What is flat/blunted associated with?
Depression
What is liable associated with?
Rapid cycling, bipolar schizophrenia
What is disorientation defined as
Inability to correctly identify the time situation place or person
What is dysarthria
Articulation is difficult disordered speech sounds but language is intact
What is dysphonia
Difficulty using the voice for talking, but language in articulation are intact
What is dysphoria defined as
Unpleasant mood like irritable apprehensive
What is dysthymia defined as?
A symptom of depression, lol mood occurring for at least two years
Erotomanic
Conviction of another sexual interest or desire for the client
What is euphoric mood defined as
An exaggerated sense of well-being and contentment
What is Eurhymia defined as?
Living in a state of normal or stable moods
What is the definition of executive function?
The cognitive abilities that are complex, including planning, prioritizing items in a list and performing multiple tasks
Factors that can affect the interpretation of the MSE are
Illness or health problems. Current medication with side effects. Clients usual education and behavioral level. And responses to personal history. Questions indicating stress drug use sleep habits.
What does flight of ideas entail?
Thought Race is ahead of one’s ability to communicate them, displayed by rapid verbalization’s with the constant shift, and ideas that tend to be connected
What are the 7 components of the MSE?
- General appearance, behavior, and attitude.
- Level of consciousness in orientation.
- speech and language.
-  Mood and affect.
-  Thought process Content and perceptions.
- Memory and cognition.
- Insight and judgment.
How is grandiose difined
Conviction of elevated importance, power or knowledge or that one is or has a special relationship with a famous person or did he
How do you document suicide assessment?
List, respecters and protective factors 
What are ideas of influence referring to?
Overvalued ideas that one’s thoughts and behaviors are being controlled by someone or something else
What is ideas of reference referring to?
Overvalued ideas the clients virtually, but naturally convince objects, people or events in the immediate environment personal significance
What does judgment on the MSC refer to?
The clients awareness of consequences
What are the six types of hallucinations?
Auditory
Visual
All factory
Gustatory
Tactile
Visceral
What does thought process referred to
Their form of thinking or how they expressed their ideas
