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Mental State Assessment (BATOMI) . Mental State Assessment: Definition. A mental status examination (MSE) is an assessment of a patient's level of cognitive (knowledge-related) ability, appearance, emotional mood, and speech and thought patterns at the time of evaluation. . Mental State Assessment
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1. Mental State Assessment(BATOMI)and Medications: An Introduction
2. Mental State Assessment(BATOMI)
3. Mental State Assessment: Definition A mental status examination (MSE) is an assessment of a patient's level of cognitive (knowledge-related) ability, appearance, emotional mood, and speech and thought patterns at the time of evaluation.
4. Mental State Assessment:Purpose. The purpose of a mental status examination is to assess the presence and extent of a person's mental impairment. The cognitive functions that are measured during the MSE include the person's sense of time, place, and personal identity; memory; speech; general intellectual level; mathematical ability; insight or judgment; and reasoning or problem-solving ability.
5. BATOMI:The Simple Way to Assess B = Behaviour
A = Affect How they look
Mood How they say they are
Appearance attitude, dress.
T = Thought Flow / Content
Talk (speech) Content / Process
O = Orientation
M = Memory
I = Insight / Intellect
6. B = Behaviour Self caring impaired, neglectful, disheveled, obsession with appearance.
Eye contact staring, looking into space (day dreaming), seeing invisible objects, avoiding eye contact, strange movements.
Agitation Shouting, unable to keep still, hand wringing (anxiety), pulling at hair, head banging, biting nails.
Motor retardation Catatonic, drug induced.
Tremor / dyskinesia / Dystonia
7. B = Behaviour (2) Activity repetitive / obsessive behaviours, isolating, withdrawn, overly-social, overtly sexual, aggressive, paranoid, mute, so on
Waxy flexibility: Remains in positions found in.
Stereotypies / Tics / Mannerisms
8. A = Affect / Mood Psychiatric Terms Normal Words