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

• Autore: Trzepacz Paula T.
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.89075
• Soggetto topico: Mental status examination; Interviewing in psychiatry; Psychodiagnostics; Interview, Psychological - methods; Mental Disorders - diagnosis
• Persona (resp. second.): BakerRobert W. <1958->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Psychiatric Mental Status Examination
• ISBN: 9780198022800; 0-19-802280-8; 0-19-987907-9; 9786610759736; 1-280-75973-9; 9780195062519
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911048019703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.