ch.5 mental status assessment
what is mental status? - ANSWERSMental status is a person's emotional and cognitive functioning, mental
status strikes a balance between good and bad days, allowing person to function socially and occupationally
what does Optimal functioning of mental status aims toward? - ANSWERSsimultaneous life satisfaction in
work, caring relationships, and within the self
what is the expected mental response to trauma? - ANSWERStransient dysfunction
mental disorder - ANSWERSSignificant behavioral or psychological
PATTERN that is greater than the expected response associated with:
• Distress, a painful symptom
• Disability, impaired functioning
• Significant risk of pain, disability, or death, or a loss of freedom
2 types of mental d/o's - ANSWERSORGANIC DISORDERS
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL ILLNESS
organic mental d/o? examples? - ANSWERS• Due to brain disease of known specific organic cause. Examples:
delirium, dementia, alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal
psychiatric mental d/o? examples? - ANSWERSOrganic etiology has not yet been
established, examples: anxiety disorder or schizophrenia
what does a mental status assessment document? - ANSWERSdocuments a dysfunction and determines how
that dysfunction affects self-care in QD life
how is mental status assessed? (PM MATT COAL) - ANSWERSit is inferred through assessment of pt's
behaviors:
, • Consciousness
• Language
• Mood and affect
• Orientation
• Attention
• Memory
• Abstract reasoning
• Thought process
• Thought content
• Perceptions
WHATS THE most elementary of mental status functions - ANSWERSconciuouness
affect - ANSWERSTEMPORARY appearance of OBSERVABLE feelings/emotions
mood - ANSWERSdurable PROLONGED DISPLAY of feelings/emotions
attention - ANSWERSability to focus on one thing without being distracted
abstract reasoning - ANSWERSability to ponder a deeper meaning beyond somethings literal meaning
thought process - ANSWERSthe way a person thinks- train of thought
thought content - ANSWERSwhat the person thinks- beliefs, ideas, use of words
what is difficult in performing mental status exam on infants and children - ANSWERS• Difficult to separate
and trace development of just one aspect of mental status in children, because all aspects are interdependent.
Around 18-24 months the kid knows they are separate from mom.
progression of language development by 4weeks old? 6 weeks? 1 year? 4-5 years? - ANSWERSdifferentiated
crying 4 weeks, cooing 6 weeks, 1 word sentences 1 year. language as a tool to communicate by 4-5 years
what is mental status? - ANSWERSMental status is a person's emotional and cognitive functioning, mental
status strikes a balance between good and bad days, allowing person to function socially and occupationally
what does Optimal functioning of mental status aims toward? - ANSWERSsimultaneous life satisfaction in
work, caring relationships, and within the self
what is the expected mental response to trauma? - ANSWERStransient dysfunction
mental disorder - ANSWERSSignificant behavioral or psychological
PATTERN that is greater than the expected response associated with:
• Distress, a painful symptom
• Disability, impaired functioning
• Significant risk of pain, disability, or death, or a loss of freedom
2 types of mental d/o's - ANSWERSORGANIC DISORDERS
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL ILLNESS
organic mental d/o? examples? - ANSWERS• Due to brain disease of known specific organic cause. Examples:
delirium, dementia, alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal
psychiatric mental d/o? examples? - ANSWERSOrganic etiology has not yet been
established, examples: anxiety disorder or schizophrenia
what does a mental status assessment document? - ANSWERSdocuments a dysfunction and determines how
that dysfunction affects self-care in QD life
how is mental status assessed? (PM MATT COAL) - ANSWERSit is inferred through assessment of pt's
behaviors:
, • Consciousness
• Language
• Mood and affect
• Orientation
• Attention
• Memory
• Abstract reasoning
• Thought process
• Thought content
• Perceptions
WHATS THE most elementary of mental status functions - ANSWERSconciuouness
affect - ANSWERSTEMPORARY appearance of OBSERVABLE feelings/emotions
mood - ANSWERSdurable PROLONGED DISPLAY of feelings/emotions
attention - ANSWERSability to focus on one thing without being distracted
abstract reasoning - ANSWERSability to ponder a deeper meaning beyond somethings literal meaning
thought process - ANSWERSthe way a person thinks- train of thought
thought content - ANSWERSwhat the person thinks- beliefs, ideas, use of words
what is difficult in performing mental status exam on infants and children - ANSWERS• Difficult to separate
and trace development of just one aspect of mental status in children, because all aspects are interdependent.
Around 18-24 months the kid knows they are separate from mom.
progression of language development by 4weeks old? 6 weeks? 1 year? 4-5 years? - ANSWERSdifferentiated
crying 4 weeks, cooing 6 weeks, 1 word sentences 1 year. language as a tool to communicate by 4-5 years
