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Mental Status Exam
Mental Status Exam
Behaviour
Affect & Mood
Cognition
Consciousness & Orientation
GCS, Richmond sedation scale
Attention & Concentration
Distractability, digit span
Language
Speech, reading and writing
Memory
Episodic (retro/anterograde), semantic
Motor Ability (Praxis)
Copy an action with their hands; fist-palm-edge
Visuospatial Processing
Temporal / parietal lobes
Executive Function
Frontal Lobe
Thought
Perception
The Patient's Attitude
Overview
- SuspiciousParanoia, delusions
- SecretiveParanoia, lack of trust, ashamed of something, afraid of losing something if they talk about it (e.g. kids)
- HostileParanoia, schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, anger issues, borderline personality disorder
- DistractedMania, hallucinations, histrionic
- ApatheticDepression, schizophrenia
- CooperativeNormal, borderline, eating disorder
- Overly friendlyMania, borderline
- HypersexualMania, eating disorder, low sense of self worth
Last updated on November 7th, 2019
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