The Psychiatric Mental Status ExaminationObserveThe Psychiatric HistoryOverviewGeneralGeneral DescriptionSlide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10EmotionEmotionsMoodSlide 14Slide 15AffectThoughtSlide 18ThoughtSlide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23Thought ProcessSlide 25The cognitive examSlide 27Slide 28Insight and JudgmentInsightInsightSlide 32JudgmentJudgementJudgementReliabilitySlide 37ExamplesSlide 39Slide 40Slide 41The Psychiatric Mental Status ExaminationObserveThe Psychiatric HistoryChief complaintHistory of Present IllnessPast HistoryMedicationsFamily HistorySocial HistoryReview of SystemsOverviewGeneral EmotionThoughtCognitionJudgment and InsightReliabilityGeneralGeneral DescriptionAppearanceMotor BehaviorSpeechAttitudesGeneral DescriptionAppearanceProminent features"such that a portrait…”Eye contactDress and groomingAge/appearanceGeneral DescriptionMotor BehaviorGaitFreedom of movementFirmness and strength of handshakeAny involuntary or abnormal movementsPace of movementsPurposefulness of movementsDegrees of agitationGeneral DescriptionSpeechRateSpontaneityIntonationVolumeDefectsGeneral DescriptionAttitudesHow the patient related"degree of cooperativeness“Evaluator’s attitudeEmotionEmotionsMoodAffectMoodDefinitionPatient report versus inferenceMoodEuthymicAngryEuphoricApatheticDysphoricApprehensiveEmotionAffectDefinitionAffectAppropriatenessIntensityMobilityRangeReactivityThoughtThoughtProcessContentThought ProcessManner of organ./form. thought.Stream of ThoughtGoal directedness/ContinuityOther Abnormalities of Thought ProcessThoughtProcessConnectedness/OrganizationCircumstantialityTangentialityLoose AssociationWord SaladStart Finish“I felt some chest pain”“So I told my son”“And he called an ambulance”“I was home”“And now I’m here”Start Finish“I felt some chest pain”“So I told my son”“My son, maybe you know him”“I was home”“And now I’m here”“He’s a doctor too”“He always worries so much”“What was my point? Oh, yeah”Start Finish“I felt some chest pain”“So I told my son”“My son, He’s really great”“I was home”“And now I’m here”“If only he’d settle down and have some children”“Do you have children”“I had five boys…”Thought ProcessOtherClangingEcholaliaNeologismsPerseverationThought blockingThought ContentPerceptual disturbancesDelusionsOtherThe cognitive examConsciousnessOrientationConcentration and attentionCalculationsMemoryIntelligence0-45-8HSCollege55-592226282960-642326282965-692226282970-742226272875-792125272880-842025252785+19232627Insight and JudgmentInsightInsightPatient’s capacity toAcknowledge/Appreciate illnessAssociated implicationsConsequencesInsight Drugs/alcoholDementia/cognitive problemsPsychosisSevere mood problemsSomatoform disordersJudgmentJudgementThe process ofConsiderationFormulationLeading to aDecisionActionJudgement RequiresInsightCognitive functioningOther abstract abilitiesConceptualizationForward thinkingAppreciation of what “rational people” would do.ReliabilityReliabilityIntellecthonesty and motivationspsychosis/organic
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