MSE Flashcards
Alert
Responsive and able to fully respond. Ability to answer questions appropriately.
Lethargic
Able to open eyes and respond but is drowsy and falls asleep easily.
Stupporous
Requires vigorous or painful stimuli to give brief response.
Comatose
Unconscious and does not respond to painful stimuli.
Mood
How you feel over a period of time
Affect
Facial expression– describes the experience of feeling or emotion.
Euthymic
appropriate mood
Euphoric
Elevated mood
Labile
Quick changing mood. Mood swings.
Flat (affect)
expressionless
Blunted (affect)
Limited expression
what are the two categories of speech patterns?
Quantity and Quality
Poverty of speech
absence or little speech
Thought process (Form - disorganized)
change topics. May be severe or mild.
Thought process (Form - Tangential)
Off topic. “On a tangent”