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Mental Health 7
Mental Status Examination
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Nursing
Undergraduate 4
12/10/2011

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Mood
Definition
Information about the emotion the client feels, such as euphoric mood.
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Affect
Definition
Objective expression of mood, such as flat affect e.g. lack of facial expression.
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Insight
Definition
objective assessment of the client's perseption of illness.
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Judgment
Definition
based on the clients answer to the hypothertical question, such as: "What would you do if there were a fire in your room?"
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Thought process
Definition
Processing differences, such as rapid change of topic (flight of ideas) and use of nonsense words.
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Thought content
Definition
Presence of delusions, hallucinations, and other ideas the client presents during the interview.
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Axis 1
Definition
Mental health dx
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Axis 2
Definition
Any personality disorder dx and mental retardation
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Axis 3
Definition
Medical dx (asthma)
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Axis 4
Definition
pertinent psychosocial problems and problems concerning the client's living conditions.
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Axis 5
Definition
Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF)
80-100 normal to near normal
60-80 moderate problems
< 40 serious mental disability & functioning impairments
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GAF: 50/80 indicates what?
Definition
client current GAF is 50 and the previous GAF w is 80. Scores are compared to track clients level of functioning.
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Assault
Definition
Making a threat to a client's person
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Battery
Definition
Touching a client in a harmful or offensive way
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False imprisonment
Definition
Confining a client to a specific area for convenience of staff. This is considered a Tort.
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Beneficence
Definition
Relates to the quality of doing good and can be described as charity
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Autonomy
Definition
refers to clients right to make own decisions.
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Justice
Definition
This is defined as fair and equal treatment for all
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Fidelity
Definition
relates to loyalty and faithfulness to the client and to ones duty
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Veracity
Definition
refers to being honest when dealing w/ the client
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Transference
Definition
client views a member of the health care team as having characteristics of another person who has been significant to the client's personal life
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Countertransference
Definition
when the health care team member displaces characteristics of ppl in her past onto the client.
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