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What to include in a mental status examination

Appearance, orientation, speech pattern, affect / mood, impulsive / potential for harm, judgment / Insight, thought processes / reality testing, intellectual functioning / memory

Cluster A personality disorders

Odd and eccentric


schizoid personality disorder


paranoid personality disorder


schizotypal personality disorder

Cluster B personality disorders

Dramatic, emotional, and erratic


antisocial personality disorder


borderline personality disorder


narcissistic personality disorder


histrionic personality disorder

Cluster C personality disorders

Anxious and fearful


avoidant personality disorder


dependent personality disorder


obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Schizoid personality disorder

Introverted, withdrawn, solitary, emotionally cold, and distant; absorbed with own thoughts and feelings and fearful of closeness and intimacy with others

Paranoid personality disorder

Interpreting the actions of others as deliberately threatening or demeaning; untrusting, unforgiving, and prone to angry or aggressive outbursts

Schizotypal personality disorder

A pattern of peculiaritie--odd or eccentric manners of speaking or dressing; strange, outlandish, or paranoid beliefs; display signs of "magical thinking"

Antisocial personality disorder

Impulsive, irresponsible, and callous; history of legal difficulties; belligerent and irresponsible behavior; aggressive and even violent relationships; no respect for others

Borderline personality disorder

Unstable in interpersonal relationships, behavior, mood, or self-image; abrupt and extreme mood changes; stormy interpersonal relationships; fluctuating self-image; self-destructive actions

Narcissistic personality disorder

Exaggerated sense of self-importance; absorbed by fantasies of unlimited success; seek constant attention; over sensitive to failure

Histrionic personality disorder

Behave melodramatically or "over-the-top," constantly displaying an excessive level of emotionality; attention-seeking

Avoidant personality disorder

Hypersensitive to rejection and unwilling to become involved with others and less sure of being liked; avoidance of social events or work that involves interpersonal contact

Dependent personality disorder

Pattern of dependent and submissive behavior; relying on others to make personal decisions; require excessive reassurance and advice

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Conscientious, with high levels of aspiration; strive for perfection; never satisfied with achievements

Comorbid

Existing with or at the same time; for instance, having two different illnesses at the same time

Contraindicated

Not recommended or safe to use (a medication or treatment that is contraindicated would not be prescribed to because it could have serious consequences)

Delusion

Both, fixed belief despite evidence to the contrary (believing something is not true)

Disorientation

Confusion with regard to person, time, or place

Dissociation

Disturbance or change in the usually integrative functions of memory, identity, perception, or consciousness (often seen in clients with a history of trauma)

Endogenous depression

Depression caused by biochemical imbalance rather than a psychosocial stressor or external factors

Exogenous depression

Depression caused by external events or psychosocial stressors

Folie a deux

Shared delusion

Hallucinations

Hearing, seeing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real (auditory most common)

Hypomanic

Elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that is less severe than full-blown manic symptoms (not severe enough to interfere with functioning and not accompanied by psychotic symptoms)

Postmorbid

Subsequent to the onset of an illness

Premorbid

Prior to the onset of an illness

Psychotic

Experiencing delusions or hallucinations

Somatization

The unconscious process by which psychological distress is expressed as physical symptoms. Often occurs as reactions to stressful situations and are not considered abnormal if they occur sporadically.

Malingering

It is not considered a mental illness. In DSM-5 malingering receives a V Code as one of the other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention. It is defined as intentionally falsely or grossly exaggerating physical or psychological problems.

Differential diagnosis

A systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of an entity or multiple alternatives are possible.

Three phase model for choosing and using appropriate treatment strategies for trauma-informed care

Phase 1 safety and stabilization Phase 2 morning and Remembrance phase 3 reconnection and reintegration

NASW code of ethics on discharge or terminations

Social workers should terminate services to clients and professional relationships with them when such services and relationships are no longer required or no longer serve client needs or interest.


Social workers should take reasonable steps to avoid abandoning clients who are still in need of services. Social workers should withdraw services precipitously only under unusual circumstances, given careful consideration to all factors and the situation and take care to minimize possible adverse effects. So short Christian assist in making appropriate arrangements for continuation of services when necessary.


It is unethical to continue to treat clients when services are no longer needed or in their best interests.

Internal validity

Addresses the extent to which casual inferences can be made about the intervention and targeted Behavior

External validity

Addresses how generalizable those inferences are to the general population

Trauma-informed care model

Phase 1: Safety and Stabilization Phase 2: Morning and Remembrance


Phase 3: Reconnection and Reintegration

Crisis

An acute disruption of psychological homeostasis in which usual coping mechanisms fail and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment.

NASW Code of Ethics on discharge and terminations

Social workers should terminate services to clients and professional relationships with them when such services and relationships are no longer required or no longer serve client needs or interests.


It is unethical to continue to treat clients when services are no longer needed or in their best interests.

Formative evaluations

Ongoing processes that allow for feedback to be implemented during service delivery.


These allow social workers to make changes as needed to help achieve program goals.

Summative evaluations

These occur at the end of services and provide an overall description of their effectiveness. It also examines outcomes to determine whether objectives were met.

Single-subject research

Aims to determine whether an intervention has the intended impact on a client, or on many clients who form a group. The most common example is pre and post-test or single case study in which there is a comparison of behavior before treatment and behavior after the start of treatment.

Internal validity

addresses the extent to which casual inferences can be made about the intervention in the targeted behavior

External validity

Addresses how generalizable those inferences are to the general population

Interratet or Interobserver Reliability

Assesses the degree to which different raters / observers give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon

Test-Retest Reliability

Assesses the consistency of a measure from one time to another

Parallel Forma Reliability

Assesses the consistency of the results of two tests constructed in the same way from the same content domain

Internal Consistency Reliability

Assesses the consistency of results across items within a test

Validity

The degree to which what is being measured is what is claimed to be measured

Tartive dyskinesia

Physical manifestations of a brain change