Patient's present emotional responsiveness, inferred from the patient's facial expression, including the amount and the range of expressive behavior. Quality: Dysphoric in depression, Euthymic (normal) or Elevated/Euphoric in mania, Flat in Schizophrenia or labile (all over the place), or irritable.

The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient's psychological functioning at a given point in time, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process ...

At first, conducting a mental status examination (MSE) can feel “different” and daunting to non-medical mental health professionals. However, even though the MSE is a modernist medical-psychiatric assessment tool, it’s also possible to conduct MSEs more collaboratively.

The mental status examination (MSE) is based on your observations of the client. It is not related to the facts of the client's situation, but to the way the person acts, how the person talks, and how the person looks while in your presence. A mental status examination can be an abbreviated assessment done because someone appears to be in ...

The mental status examination can be divided into the broad categories of appearance, behavior, motor activity, speech, mood, affect, thought process, thought content, perceptual disturbances, cognition, insight, and judgment.