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1. What are the Appearan
components ce
of Behavior
the mental status Cognitive Function
examination? Thought processes
2. Appearance Look at posture, body movements, dressed, hygiene
3. Normal Level of consciousness, facial expressions, speech
Behavior
4. Cognitive Func- Oriented, attention span in intact, recent memory intact, can remember
4 random
tion words
5. Thought Logical, coherent thoughts, complete thoughts, constantly aware of reality
Process- or
es stimuli around them
6. Abnormal Dysphonia, aphasia,
Behav-
ior Flat expression with depression, parkinsonism
7. Abnormal Unrealistic thoughts, illusions and hallucinations
Thought
Processes
8. Delirium Acute, sudden change in mental status
Potential result of physiological derangement in body or acute illness
Reversible with treatment
Acute confusional state: clouding of consciousness, perception
disturbance
9. What are the Unarousable to agitated
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signs and Often confused
symp-
toms of Deliri- Disoriented
um? Agitated
Uncooperative
May have loss of consciousness
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10. What are the Drugs, dehydration
causes of Electrolyte imbalance
Deliri- um? Low O2, lack of drugs
Infection
Urinary/stool
retention
Malnutrition/dehydrati
on Uremia
Metabolic disease
11. Dementia Low, progressive nature
Increased incidence with
age Alzheimer's disease - ⅔
of cases Not reversible
Mood, attect, through process and content are variable
Memory, judgment and other higher cortical functions deteriorate with
time
12. What are the screen- ing test
signs and
symp- toms of
Demen- tia?
13. What are the
strategies of
as- sessing
mental status
for infants
and children?
14. Denver II
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