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Record Nr.

UNINA9911048019703321

Autore

Trzepacz Paula T.

Titolo

The psychiatric mental status examination / / Paula T. Trzepacz, Robert W. Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

9780198022800

0-19-802280-8

0-19-987907-9

9786610759736

1-280-75973-9

9780195062519

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

616.89075

Soggetti

Mental status examination

Interviewing in psychiatry

Psychodiagnostics

Interview, Psychological - methods

Mental Disorders - diagnosis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1. What Is a Mental Status Examination -- Learning the mental status examination -- The mental status examination -- Usefulness of the mental status examination -- The interview as a means to elicit information -- The clinician's demeanor -- More on interviewing patients -- The written mental status examination -- Organization of this text -- References -- 2. Appearance, Attitude, and Activity -- Application -- Appearance -- Attitude -- Activity -- Definitions -- References -- 3. Mood and Affect -- Application -- Mood -- Affect -- Definitions -- References -- 4. Speech and Language -- Application -- Fluency -- Aphasias -- Word-finding difficulty -- Prosody of speech -- Quality of speech -- The examination -- Special situations -- Fluency -- Repetition -- Comprehension -- Naming -- Writing -- Reading -- Prosody --



Quality of speech -- Definitions -- References -- 5. Thought Process, Thought Content, and Perception -- Application -- General comments -- Thought process -- Thought content -- Perception -- Definitions -- References -- 6. Cognition -- Application -- General comments -- Orientation -- Attention and concentration -- Memory -- Constructional ability -- Abstraction and conceptualization -- Standardized tests -- Integration of findings -- Definitions -- References -- 7. Insight and Judgment -- Application -- Insight -- Judgment -- Defense mechanisms -- Definitions -- References -- 8. Case Examples -- Case 1. Major depression -- Case 2. Primary degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer's type -- Case 3. Delirium -- Case 4. Alcohol abuse and dependence -- Case 5. Organic personality disorder, frontal lobe (aggressive) type -- Case 6. Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Case 7. Chronic paranoid schizophrenia with acute exacerbation -- Case 8. Bipolar disorder, manic -- Appendix: General outline of written MSE report -- Index.

A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

Sommario/riassunto

Designed both for students approaching the US Mental Status Examination (MSE) for the first time and psychiatrists requiring a handy reference, this text describes each component of the MSE in detail.