It is divided into appearance and behavior, psychomotor activity, affect and mood, speech, thinking, perceptual disturbances, orientation, attention and memory, as well as reliability, judgment, and insight. Finally, common errors in mental status in clinical evaluation are discussed.Description, ...
Behavior/Psychomotor Activity This category takes note of observed behavior throughout the assessment. Is the patient able to sit still, or are they fidgety? Do they make consistent eye contact? Does the patient appear physically agitated?
Mental status examination revealed poor grooming and hygiene, increased psychomotor activity, rapport not established, eye-to-eye contact established, but not maintained, with irritable affect, delusions of reference and persecution, elementary auditory hallucinations and insight grade I/V. Acute psychosis...
Psychomotor activity was slightly increased with shaking of her right leg and foot, which protruded in the space between her and the interviewer. Mood appeared dysphoric; affect was restricted, contained no lability, congruent with mood, and appropriate to given context. Insight was fair; judgment ...
•Eyecontact:ex.poor,good,piercing•Psychomotoractivity:ex.retardationor agitationi.e..handwringing•Movements:tremor,abnormalmovements i.e..sterotypies,gait Speech •Rate:increased/pressured,decreased/monosyllabic,latency •Rhythm:articulation,prosody,dysarthria,monotone,slurred •Volume:loud,soft,...
The purpose of a mental status examination is to assess the presence and extent of a person's mental impairment. The cognitive functions that are measured during the MSE include the person's sense of time, place, and personal identity; memory; speech; general intellectual level; mathematical abi...
Mental Status Examination What it is it? The Mental Status Exam (MSE) is the psychological equivalent of a physical exam that describes the mental state and behaviors of the person being seen. It includes both objective observations of the clinician and subjective descriptions given by the patient...
Overactivity Psychomotor Agitation Hyperactivity Tic Sleepwalking Compulsion Catatonia Mood and Affect Catalepsy Exited Stupor Rigidity Posturing Cerea Flexibilitas Negativism Mood Ecstatic Euphoric Expansive Elevated ...
Psychomotor activity Eye contact: intermittent, occasional and fleeting, sustained and intense, no eye contact Posture Disinhibited behavior Movements: slowed or agitated, tremors, abnormal movements, abnormal gait Mood Prevalent emotional state the patient reports Affect (emotional state observed) Type:...
A Mental Status Exam is essential to providing an accurate treatment plan for patients. The structured assessment is designed accumulate client’s developmental, psychiatric, medical, and social history, and current symptoms (Sands & Gellis, 2012, p. 79) For example, the below scenario was taken...