Art of observation

Question 1

what should be considered during mental state observation

Answer 1

appearance and behaviour
speech
mood
thoughts
perception
delusions
cognition
insight

Question 2

what to do in a psych exam

Answer 2

Subjective- history
Objective- mental status exam
Assessment
Plan

Question 3

particular things to ask in psych history

Answer 3

psych history
substance abuse
fam psych history

social
-support system
-impact on work/fam/social

symptoms
-sleep
-appetite
-energy
-concentration
-suicidal
-psychotic symptoms

Question 4

some things to comment on in mental status exam

Answer 4

1. appearance
2. speech
3. mood (internal)/affect (external)
4. thought processes
5. cognition
   -orientation, memory, language, abstract and viseospatial
6. insight and judgement