MSE Flashcards
(31 cards)
Alert
Responsive and able to fully respond. Ability to answer questions appropriately.
Lethargic
Able to open eyes and respond but is drowsy and falls asleep easily.
Stupporous
Requires vigorous or painful stimuli to give brief response.
Comatose
Unconscious and does not respond to painful stimuli.
Mood
How you feel over a period of time
Affect
Facial expression– describes the experience of feeling or emotion.
Euthymic
appropriate mood
Euphoric
Elevated mood
Labile
Quick changing mood. Mood swings.
Flat (affect)
expressionless
Blunted (affect)
Limited expression
what are the two categories of speech patterns?
Quantity and Quality
Poverty of speech
absence or little speech
Thought process (Form - disorganized)
change topics. May be severe or mild.
Thought process (Form - Tangential)
Off topic. “On a tangent”
Thought process (form- Circumstantial)
Details - more than needed.
Thought process (Form- blocking)
Losing train of thought
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Thought process (content- Delusional)
COGNITIVE Fixed BELIEF, not reality based.
Thought process (Content - Persecutory)
Someone is after them
thought process (Content- somatic)
Typically female population past childbearing age. Has to do with body delusions.
Thought process (Content- preoccupation)
Sexual/somatic content.
Hypochondria– always something out to get them.
Perceptual disturbances (Hallucinations)
SENSORY
Most common is auditory followed by visual.
Do not use words like believe– that is cognitive
Hypomania
Somewhat sped up. never have a manic episode not enough to be hospitalized sx of bipolar feels good -- don't like to take meds
Orientation ATI
Time, Place, Person
