PSC 165 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mental Status Examination, Mental Disorder, Eye Contact
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**if they are on a psychiatric hold, you have to tell them. If you"re a risk to yourself, to others, grave disability (unable to care for self, eat, bath, attend appt. due to mental disorder. Are they dressed the way they are expected to. We might feel uncomfortable if we"re not getting it. Purpose, form, and focus of mental status exam. Observing the patient"s behavior and then describing said behavior in an objective, nonjudgemental manner. Seeks to show signs of illness, but can also be used as a neurological and/or psychiatric assessment. Another goal is to document what is happening instead of why it is happening. Mini-mental status examination (mmse) or folstein test is a 30-point questionnaire that is used exclusively in clinical and research settings to measure cognitive impairment. Examines functions including registration(repeating named prompts), attention and calculation, recall, language ability to follow simple commands and orientation.
