Mental Status examination

Description

Although the mental status examination (MSE) does not itself yield a diagnosis, it can help a therapist choose an appropriate diagnosis, because certain client characteristics may be consistent with features of some specific disorders. For this discussion, complete the following:

Choose a diagnosis, and research its typical signs and symptoms. You do not need to provide this specific information, but do list your reference at the end of the post. Offer details of a mental status examination that might fit for a person with this diagnosis. For example, a person with a sleep disorder could be expected to be less alert than others and perhaps to have some irritability of mood. Write a 1–2-paragraph client description that portrays the client who has the diagnosis, using information from your research.

Provide a mental status examination, which should be about a paragraph or two in length, covering all of the relevant categories in the checklist provided in this unit’s introduction