The Psych Eval

Question 1

Goal of a complete psych eval?

Answer 1

1. To ellicit info to make a DSM dx

2. Assess the person’s risk for suicide or aggressive behavior

Question 2

Other things an eval should bring out?

Answer 2

Risk factors
Stressors
Exacerbating/mitigating factors

Question 3

Questions for every patient?

Answer 3

Vegetative state
Mood
Risk Factors for suicide/aggression
Recent behavior

Question 4

What improves the accuracy of dx?

Answer 4

Eliciting info from someone close to the pt

Question 5

Best predictor of any pt’s likely response is?

Answer 5

His/her past response

Question 6

____ - sustained subjective emotional state as reported by the patient

Answer 6

Mood

Question 7

____ - observed mental state

Answer 7

Affect

Question 8

____- Wandering from a topic

Answer 8

Tangentiality

Question 9

____ - providing excessvie detail

Answer 9

circumstantiality

Question 10

____ - rapid jumps from one idea to the next

Answer 10

Flight of ideas

Question 11

_____ - complete lack of logical connectedness

Answer 11

Derailment

Question 12

_____ - creating new words

Answer 12

Neologisms

Question 13

_____ - going blank

Answer 13

Blocking

Question 14

_____ - inability to move from one idea to the next

Answer 14

Perseveration

Question 15

_____ - preoccupation with distressing thoughts

Answer 15

Ruminations

Question 16

_____ - unwanted concerns, ideas, images, or impulses intruding into consciousness

Answer 16

Obsessions

Question 17

____ - false beliefs foreign to the person’s sociocultural or religious background that persist despite evidence of the contrary

Answer 17

Delusions

Question 18

____ - perceptions that are misinterpreted

Answer 18

Illusions, Michael tricks are what whores do for money….or cocaine

Question 19

____ - sensory experiences that occur without external stimulation

Answer 19

Hallucinations