Week 2: Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
MSE components
A
- appearance
- behaviour/motor activity
- mood & affect
- thought content
- thought process
- perception
- cognition & sensorium
- insight & judgment
2
Q
thought content
A
- obsessions
- ruminations
- phobias
- ideas of reference
- delusions
3
Q
ruminations
A
- concept or life event that client is repeatedly thinking about
4
Q
ideas of reference
A
- false beliefs that random or irrelevant occurrences in the world directly relate to a person
5
Q
thought process
A
- coherence
- logic
- stream (clear? getting whole story?)
6
Q
perception
A
- hallucinations
- illusion
- depersonalization
7
Q
hallucinations
A
sensory info that doesn’t exist in reality
8
Q
illusion
A
misrepresentation of external stimuli (seeing faces on branches)
9
Q
cognition & sensorium
A
- orientation
- attention
- memory
10
Q
insight
A
awareness of illness or symptoms, capacity to understand the situation
11
Q
judgment
A
ability to solve problems and make appropriate decisions, aware of limitations, consequences of actions
