No all elements in the MSE requires specific questioning. Simple observation may be enough.
Comment on:
e.g. Pressured speech, slow quiet speech.
i.e. "How would you describe your mood now?"
Also comment on:
e.g. flight of ideas, poverty of ideas
e.g. thought insertion, thought broadcasting
i.e. how ideas are presented and linked.
e.g. circumstantiality, tangentiality, loosening of associations, verbigeration (vague speech), "word salad", neologisms (making up new words), clang associations (rhyming), echolalia (repetition)
i.e. Delusions
e.g. persecutory, grandiose (special power and reading thoughts), idea of reference, derealisation
i.e. Hallucination
e.g. visual, auditory, sensory, olfactory
Do a mini-mental state exam - covers most areas.
Includes orientation, concentration, memory, and intelligence.
What's your plan when you get out of here?
Do you think if anything is wrong with you?
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