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o Mental Health
-A state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with
normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a
contribution to his/her community
o Mental Status
▪ Consciousness
-Being aware of one’s own existence, feelings, and thoughts of the environment
*most elementary of mental status functions
▪ Language
-Using the voice to communicate one’s thoughts and feelings; heavy social impact
▪ Mood and affect
-Mood is more durable, a prolonged display of feelings that color the whole emotional
life
-Affect is a temporary expression of feelings or state of mind
▪ Orientation
-Awareness of the objective world in relation to the self
-Able to name own person, place, and time
▪ Attention
-Power of concentration, ability to focus on one specific thing without being distracted
by many environmental stimuli
▪ Memory
-Ability to lay down and store experiences and perceptions for later recall
-Recent memory evokes day-to-day events
-Remote memory brings up years’ worth of experiences
▪ Abstract reasoning
-Pondering a deeper meaning beyond the concrete and literal
▪ Thought process
-The way a person thinks; logical train of thought
▪ Thought content
-What the person thinks – specific ideas, beliefs, the use of words
▪ Perceptions
-Awareness of objects through 5 senses
o Mental Status Exam (MSE)
-Professional jargon belongs in TP and TC
▪ Appearance
-Provides clues about pt’s mental status/dx
-ADLs including dress and grooming are often 1st bxs impacted by MH issues
NR548_Week_5-
8_Exam_Study_Guide_Chamberlain_University
Studocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university
, lOMoARcPSD|52942330
o Mental Health
-A state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with
normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a
contribution to his/her community
o Mental Status
▪ Consciousness
-Being aware of one’s own existence, feelings, and thoughts of the environment
*most elementary of mental status functions
▪ Language
-Using the voice to communicate one’s thoughts and feelings; heavy social impact
▪ Mood and affect
-Mood is more durable, a prolonged display of feelings that color the whole emotional
life
-Affect is a temporary expression of feelings or state of mind
▪ Orientation
-Awareness of the objective world in relation to the self
-Able to name own person, place, and time
▪ Attention
-Power of concentration, ability to focus on one specific thing without being distracted
by many environmental stimuli
▪ Memory
-Ability to lay down and store experiences and perceptions for later recall
-Recent memory evokes day-to-day events
-Remote memory brings up years’ worth of experiences
▪ Abstract reasoning
-Pondering a deeper meaning beyond the concrete and literal
▪ Thought process
-The way a person thinks; logical train of thought
▪ Thought content
-What the person thinks – specific ideas, beliefs, the use of words
▪ Perceptions
-Awareness of objects through 5 senses
o Mental Status Exam (MSE)
-Professional jargon belongs in TP and TC
▪ Appearance
-Provides clues about pt’s mental status/dx
-ADLs including dress and grooming are often 1st bxs impacted by MH issues
