Kaplan & Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry Ch. 1 Part 1/X Actual Complete Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Graded A+

Kaplan & Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry Ch. 1
Part 1/X Actual Complete Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Graded A+


Components of the mental status exam (10) - ANSWER-- appearance

- behavior

- attitude/motivation

- speech/language

- mood

- affect

- thought process

- thought content/perceptual experiences

- orientation/cognition

- insight/judgement



ABA-SMATT-OC-IJ



Appearance (6) - ANSWER-- most noticeable features

- gender

- apparent age

- weight

- dress/groom/hygiene

- skin markings/accessories



Behavior (5) - ANSWER-- acute distress?

- movement

, - FACIAL EXPRESSION

- eye contact

- body positioning



FEM-AB



Attitude/motivation (2) - ANSWER-- attitude toward examiner:
cooperative, hostile, suspicion, guardedness, or passivity

- desire for relief or acknowledgement of distress



Speech/language (4) - ANSWER-- qualities of speech

- unusual content

- paucity of speech (single words, long pauses)

- poverty of content (speaking without substance, requiring excessive
speech to convey a message)



Qualities of speech (4) - ANSWER-- fluency: effortlessness of speaking

- rate: how fast

- tone: variation in inflection/pitch

- volume



Mood



Purpose of mood component of MSE



Euthymic - ANSWER-- "how would you describe your mood today?"