Phenomenology

Question 1

What is the first consideration in MSE?

Answer 1

Appearance: Injuries, hygiene, disability, dress: kempt/unkempt, inappropriate, weight, scars

Question 2

What is second consideration in MSE?

Answer 2

Behaviour: Eye contact, engaging, agitation, rapport

Question 3

What is third consideration in MSE?

Answer 3

Speech: pressure, volume, speed, pitch/tone –> Monotone/flat, up/down (manic),

Question 4

What is fourth consideration in MSE?

Answer 4

Mood&Affect: Mood: Euthymic(Normal), depressed, anxious, elated
Affect: Expression from emotion –> reactivity (Increased/reduced ->Labile), appropriate/congruent,

Question 5

What is the fifth consideration in MSE?

Answer 5

Thoughts:
a) Form: Logical follow, rhyming/punning, Loosened associations, word salad, speed, Poverty of thought (fast/slow speed),
Seen in: Schizophrenia, Mania
b) Content: Delusions (Schiz, dem, man), Obsessions (OCD), Grandeur: Believe special power King, God etc. Paranoid
Capgras: Replacement of friend/partner
Derealisation/depersonalisation

Question 6

How do Knights Move Thinking and Flight of Ideas differ?

Answer 6

KMT: Random jump from question to another answer
FOI: Pronounced thought with quick succession of ideas

Question 7

What is sixth consideration of MSE?

Answer 7

Perceptions: Hallucination (respond to unseen stimuli), illusion (misinterpret real stimulus),

Question 8

What is the seventh consideration of MSE?

Answer 8

Cognition: Confused –> Oriented person, time, place

Question 9

What is the final (8th) consideration of MSE?

Answer 9

Insight: Ability to understand what they’re experiencing and they know it’s abnormal

Question 10

What are the 8 categories of MSE?

Answer 10

1) Appearance
2) Behaviour
3) Speech
4) Mood & Affect
5) Thoughts
6) Perceptions
7) Cognition
8) Insight
MNEMONIC: ASEPTIC
Appearance, speech, emotions, perceptions, thoughts, insight, cognition