MSE Flashcards

1
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Echopraxia

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Involuntary repetition/imitation *tourette’s/autism

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2
Q

Akathisia

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Need constant movement (antipsyc meds

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3
Q

Catalepsy

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Waxy flexibility

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4
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Dystonia

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Involuntary muscle contractions/slow repetitive movements

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5
Q

Dykinesia

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Difficulty with voluntary movements

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6
Q

Mood

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Patient tells you

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7
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Affect

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What you see

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8
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Orientation

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Inquired

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9
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level of consciousness

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Observed

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10
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Mood

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Inquired

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11
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Affect

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Observed

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12
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Speech

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Observed

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13
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Thought process

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Inquired/Observed

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14
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Circumstantiality

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Too many trivial details, can’t get to point

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15
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Clanging

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Associated by sound of words, not meaning (rhyming/assonance)

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16
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Derailment

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Loose associations, no goal direction, words make sense, sentences do not

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17
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Flight of ideas

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Thoughts move from idea to idea, pressured speech

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18
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Neologism

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Invention of new words/phrases, use words in strange ways

19
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Perseveration

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Persistent repitition of words/concepts, w/o stimulus, doesn’t move on to new subject

20
Q

Tangentiality

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Response to question - reply is appropriate to general topic w/o answering question

21
Q

Thought blocking

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Sudden disruption of thought or break in flow of ideas

22
Q

Pressured speech

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In bipolar disorder

23
Q

Distractible Speech

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speech changes due to outside random stimulus

24
Q

Thought content

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Inquired/observed

25
Q

Throught Content
Preoccupations
Obsession

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Cannot be suppressed in consciousness

26
Q

Thought Content
Preoccupation
Phobias

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Persistent irrational dread

27
Q

Thought Content

Preoccupation

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Obsessions
Phobias
Suicide
Homicide

28
Q

Thought Content

Delusions

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Grandoise
Religious
Persecution
Erotomaniac
Jealousy
Nihilistic
Somatic
Thought broadcasting/ insertion/withdrawal
Ideas of reference
Ideas of influence
29
Q

Thought content
Delusions
erotomaniac

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Famous person loves me

30
Q

Thought content
Delusions
Ideas of reference

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Everythng about me

31
Q

Thought Content
Delusions
Ideas of influence

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Another person controlling my behavior

32
Q

Thought content

Alogia

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Poverty of speech

Poverty of thought

33
Q

Thought content

Perception

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Illusions
Dissociation
   -Depersonalizations
   -Derealization
Hallucinations
34
Q

Thought content
Perceptions
Illusion (delirium/psychosis)

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Misperception of real stimuli

35
Q

Thought content
Perceptions
Dissociation

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Lack of connection

  • Self - Depersonalization
  • Environment - Unreal
36
Q

Thought Content
Perceptions
Hallucinations (psychosis)

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Unreal things (no external stimulus)

  • auditory (MC)
  • visual (organic condition)
  • gustatory
  • Tactile (ETOH/Benzo withdrawal)
  • Olfactory
37
Q

Memory

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Acquired

38
Q

Memory

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Inquired

  • registration/recall
  • Recent
  • Remote
39
Q

Cognition

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Inquired/Observed

  • gen info
  • Attention/concentration
  • calculations
  • reading writing
  • visuospatial ability
  • abstract thought
40
Q

Attention

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WORLD, 5 things with same letter

41
Q

Concetration

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Serial 7s

Days/months backwards

42
Q

Mental status exam

Mnemonic

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ASEPTIC

  • Appearance/Attitude/Behavior
  • Speech
  • Emotion (mood/affect)
  • Perceptions
  • Thought content/process
  • Insight/Judgment
  • Cognition
43
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ASCEPTIC

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  • Appearance/Attitude/Behavior
  • Speech
  • Emotion
  • Perceptions
  • Thought content + Process
  • Insight + Judgement
  • Cognition