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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Trzepacz, Paula T., author.
Baker, Robert W., 1958- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mental status examination.
Interviewing in psychiatry.
Psychodiagnostics.
Interview, Psychological--methods.
Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
Medical Subjects:
Interview, Psychological--methods.
Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (215 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Summary:
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.
Contents:
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
3. Mood and Affect
Mood
Affect
4. Speech and Language
Fluency
Aphasias
Word-finding difficulty
Prosody of speech
Quality of speech
The examination
Special situations
Repetition
Comprehension
Naming
Writing
Reading
Prosody
5. Thought Process, Thought Content, and Perception
General comments
Thought process
Thought content
Perception
6. Cognition
Orientation
Attention and concentration
Memory
Constructional ability
Abstraction and conceptualization
Standardized tests
Integration of findings
7. Insight and Judgment
Insight
Judgment
Defense mechanisms
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.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
Other Format:
Print version: Trzepacz, Paula T. The Psychiatric Mental Status Examination
ISBN:
9780198022800
0-19-802280-8
0-19-987907-9
9786610759736
1-280-75973-9
OCLC:
466431504

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