[humanser] Conducting a mental status exam.

[Serena Cucco]

Hi Angelina,

I'm sure others on the list will have techniques for dealing with
visual questions.  Having said that, if the MSE is only for your own
evaluation of the client, rather than the state or other authority,
you don't really need to have visual info to know the client's
difficulties.  E.G., I, who am not a therapist, can tell, if someone
sounds irritable, uncertain, and outright miserable, that he/she has
either a medical issue, mental illness, or other condition, such as
dementia.  You'd have to ask the client what's wrong.  As you probably
already know, most clients can give you at least some useful info.

Serena

On 1/27/15, Anjelina via humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good afternoon all, I have a quick question. For those who are therapist,
> when you need to administer a mental status exam how do you go about
> answering the questions that are visual in nature about the client? For
> example, one of the questions is what the person looks like, what they're
> wearing, their facial expressions. Thanks for any input and if you need
> clarification feel free to ask and I can clarify once I am at a computer.
>
> Anjelina
>
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