[humanser] Mental Status Exam

[Vicky Winslow]

I always used what I could. For example, one of the observations is about how neat or unkempt someone is or are they wearing 
inappropriate clothes. Personally, I found that I could hear and smell things that led to the same conclusions. You can hear if 
somebody is wearing a parka in summer, and, well, I'll leave the smell part to your imagination. You can hear people who shift 
around a lot or don't at all.
If you have a receptionist (which we didn't) you can get some visual information from them. You have to adapt it to your own 
abilities and strengths, as do all clinicians. Personally, my observations and scoring perfectly matched those of my colleagues. 
It's the information you want, the MSE is merely a guide for how to obtain it.


Vicky Winslow, LMSW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Milissa Garside" <milissa.g79 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:45 AM
Subject: [humanser] Mental Status Exam


> Hi All,
>
> I am taking a clinical skills class this semester. As part of the class, we
> will be enrolling as therapists and clients. In my role as a therapist, I
> will have to do a mental status exam on my client. A large part of the
> mental status exam includes obtain a great deal of visual information from
> the client as well as non-verbal body language. For those of you in the
> field, how do you manage this part of the mental status exam? Any ideas are
> much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Milissa
>
>
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