MSE Categories of Mental Status Exam
& Answers 2025/2026
General Description - ANSWERSincludes: appearance, speech, motor activity, and interaction
during interview
Emotional state - ANSWERSIncludes: mood (EX. dysohoric, depressed, labile, manic, angry,
euthymic) and affect (EX. euphoric, hostile, blunted, flat, labile, full range, reactive,
inappropriate)
Expereinces - ANSWERSincludes: perceptions
Thinking - ANSWERSIncludes: thought content and thought process
Sensorium and Cognition - ANSWERSincludes: level of consciousness, memory, level of
concentration and calculation, information and intelligence, judgment, and insight
& Answers 2025/2026
General Description - ANSWERSincludes: appearance, speech, motor activity, and interaction
during interview
Emotional state - ANSWERSIncludes: mood (EX. dysohoric, depressed, labile, manic, angry,
euthymic) and affect (EX. euphoric, hostile, blunted, flat, labile, full range, reactive,
inappropriate)
Expereinces - ANSWERSincludes: perceptions
Thinking - ANSWERSIncludes: thought content and thought process
Sensorium and Cognition - ANSWERSincludes: level of consciousness, memory, level of
concentration and calculation, information and intelligence, judgment, and insight